I wouldn't say that, cost is pretty much everything in the debate.

It's probably a safe bet that while council may not cancel the subway they'll never agree to spend a penny more on it. McCowan route or bust.

I still can't figure out why the master agreement hasn't been amended.

I swear I remember reading somewhere (maybe from Steve Munro) that the depth of Don Mills station and the drop to the Don River westwards would at least pose challenges. Of course now I can't find that information but I'd like to think I'm not imagining things.

Is it even possible to build an interchange station at Sheppard/Don Mills?

Keesmaat is interesting in that as far as I know there's never been a city staff member that has garnered as much attention as she has. When she got the job she was all over the news almost as a socialite (sort of how Richard Florida gets talked about) and she embraced social media in a way not...

Could someone correct me if I'm wrong? The increased costs of inprove/maintain mostly come from 100 years of maintainence. We're not going to see approx. $500m of money that we can suddenly invest in transit. Yes, annually we can invest some more but the amount won't be enough to pay for large...

Another day, another study against the subway. http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2015/06/02/new-data-finds-scarborough-subway-routes-run-through-extremely-low-density-areas.html Two things at the end stand out for me though: I thought additional funding was $910m from the city...

Eh, it's generally all a mess. "War on cars". "LRTs will ruin streets". Discourse of these matters seem to rarely come with an appreciation of the other side. Bedford's comment struck me as worth commenting on because after what this city went through during the Ford years I can't see keeping...

Former city planner Paul Bedford has said that not removing the east gardiner would make Toronto an international laughing stock. Hyperbole like that doesn't help me take him seriously even given his credentials.

That's funny hearing that from Cho considering he ran for the Hudak PC's with the platform of stopping the LRT.

I'm surprised that those election campaign expenses aren't included in the reports you can read online.

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2013.CC39.5 Council meeting of Oct 8 2013 voted 33-11 to: It's rich to see Perks who was lambasting Pasternak on twitter for not knowing about voting to throw out the sunk costs during the meeting when it when it seems he himself voted...

Some points: Construction was supposed to start in 2014 but got delayed to 2017 after the Libs rejigged the dates. (Does Finch start this year or next?) One could argue that the GO overpass would be necessary for SmartTrack or any increased GO service. I've been told that a surveying...

It'll still end up at Exec where it'll probably be deferred indefinitely but not before it gets debated. Good luck getting 2/3 to call the question.

I'm not sure where Steve is getting the idea that Tory may stop supporting the subway. I mean it's possible but it'll take some really big change in the project for that to happen. So far the $75m is actually less than the anticipation amount when the subway was approved. Tory will take a...

Yeah, that's what I assume but some combination of poor choice of words from the city manager and poor reporting makes the article gives some uncertainty. Meanwhile I've only seen Steve Munro talk about how they're niw looking as Far East as Markham Rd. for the subway to avoid possibly...

But he also said "No, you'd not be able to see it" which would suggest it's being obfuscated somehow in the numbers. That's what I find strange.

It's all so strange. Will the Feb meeting be in camera?

Info on that CoA application: Full details here