Ever waited for a bus at Eglington and Mt. Pleasant? With about 5 lines running Westbound towards Eglington Station, I still consistently wait for two or three buses to pass me by because they are PACKED. How the doors open I don't even know. With Transit City, we finally have a working, funded plan for this city. After so many years of false starts and promised funds withdrawn, we're finally seeing some progress. Those bore-things have been baught, ground has broken, sketches have been made. Construction has actually begun on the Sheppard line, and the Spadina extention. We're on our way!

Hold that gravy-lrt! Here comes Rob Ford and he isn't going to let city council piddle away our funds on a plan that's already been approved and begun. No no, that money is better spent paying the penalties for renneging on the contracts already signed, halting the construction that's already begun, and starting all over again on a more expensive, less effiecient project that will take longer to build. That's when (and if) we actually get a new plan approved and secure the funding for it AGAIN. Why? Because there isn't enough room for cars on the road.

Newsflash, a subway isn't going to make more room for cars. An efficient system will actually encourage drives to get off the road and ride the rocket. Our subway system is NOT efficient, another line or two going this way and that will not improve efficiency, a new approach just might.

If you're a Torontonian who just has to drive everywhere, think of all the people for whom that is not an option. Then think of all those people who could go either way IF the TTC worked. If even half of those people got on the transit (who wouldn't want to save hundreds a month?) there's more elbow room for you!

But wait! Subways work much better in the winter than LRT's! Not so much. I admit it's hard to get why but research does show LRT's function better in the winter than subways and if you ever tried to get through Davisville in the winter it's not so hard to grasp. I can't imagine what the Spadina line is like.

We need efficient transit and we need it yesterday. The subway is already overcrowded and my understanding is short of roomier (and remember longer is not an option)trains, not much can be done about that. What's it going to be like in 10 or 15 years when the new subway lines are actually done? And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Why does Ford want us to make the same old mistakes again and again? Let's think forward people! Remember, he needs council’s support to make this happen, so let your councilors know what you really think NOW by signing below if you want to...

SAVE TRANSIT CITY!

If you don't wanna, if you don't agree with EVERYTHING I said, at least let your councilor know your opinions yourself, can you really argue that penalties on previously awarded contracts is not the best way to spend our money?

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