Rainforest
Senior Member
1) The main advantage of John Tory is that he will build the Scarborough subway extension and will not reopen this matter.
If Chow wins, and cancels this extension, it will become much for difficult for her or for future mayors to raise extra money for transit; including for DRL.
2) Tory's SmartTrack plan is half-cooked indeed (maybe, even less than half), but it does not outright "fail the sniff test". A detailed study is needed.
3) Chow's victory is, in theory, more positive for DRL, Finch LRT, and Sheppard LRT. But the difference is not big. Finch and Sheppard LRT should happen with either Chow or Tory, those are provincial projects and do not require the mayor's push. Regarding DRL, Tory moved away from it, but Chow's is not promising any real progress during her first term, either. Tory might still come back to DRL if the SmartTrack study shows that the latter cannot replace DRL.
If Chow wins, and cancels this extension, it will become much for difficult for her or for future mayors to raise extra money for transit; including for DRL.
2) Tory's SmartTrack plan is half-cooked indeed (maybe, even less than half), but it does not outright "fail the sniff test". A detailed study is needed.
3) Chow's victory is, in theory, more positive for DRL, Finch LRT, and Sheppard LRT. But the difference is not big. Finch and Sheppard LRT should happen with either Chow or Tory, those are provincial projects and do not require the mayor's push. Regarding DRL, Tory moved away from it, but Chow's is not promising any real progress during her first term, either. Tory might still come back to DRL if the SmartTrack study shows that the latter cannot replace DRL.