According to Steve Munro's conversations with planners, the idea is to eventually run the Don Mills and Jane LRT into the core, which would essentially be the downtown relief line.
There have been proposals to convert the Junction bus to streetcar in the past, and i think that redevelopment in Lambton and Etobicoke's new downtown will bring the ridership.
What I would like to see is 512 St. Clair extended to Scarlett Road & Dundas (on the other side of the bridge from where St. Clair ends), 540 Junction Streetcar to meet it there, and the Mississauga-Dundas LRT extended from Kipling to connect with those two lines.
Since you sit where you do today, you and your group can look at everything in planning of the RTP and this includes all routes in all systems.
I sit on Waterfront EA's and have push to get the Don Mill LRT extension south of Bloor added to the Master Waterfront LRT from Day one and it has been opposed by both the City and TTC.
The extension south of Bloor is a must to help to take some of the load off Yonge line.
There was strong opposition by TTC to get the Lake Shore LRT written into the Terms of Reference for the master EA and they lost in the end. During the EA for East-Bay, the consultant and TTC try to get the LS line remove and got shot down.
By extending Mississauga LRT to where you want to go is opening a can of worms as it been TTC and City of Toronto goal is to get MT 100% out of the city. Getting it to Kipling is the first step.
Wrong step by both parties as MT provides service TTC cannot provide today.
I see the 512 ending up in Stoney Creek of all things and plans are been put in place for this to happen now.
I am on record calling for the merger of TTC 50 and 49 with MT 3/26, with MT operating the routes since they have a higher need for service than TTC can offer. Under the RTP, this can happen. It is the same thing about MT operating alone Dundas in Oakville since OT does not offer any service there now and may do so starting July if council approves the redesign setup of OT.
We got DRT wanting to operate into Toronto and there is no reason it cannot. Same goes other system operating in other systems.
It time to stop doing turf wars and build a system that will benefit everyone.
You need to look at the TTC Western Waterfront as how it connect Mississauga to the City core as the current plans by TTC does not server the western section of Toronto in the first place. TTC is going to waste about $150m doing their way and gain no real riders and create more problems.
As for the Jane line going to the core, it has to go underground from St Clair to connect with the Western Waterfront line. Otherwise, it will end up being a slow boat to China.