Olivia Chow prefers LRT to subway #topoli

Save Transit City: "The whole thing about subways was started solely as a delay tactic by Rob Ford to make sure no new transit gets built under his watch. That's it."

Toronto City Council Defeats Mayor, Resurrects Transit City | Planetizen

Toronto City Council Defeats Mayor, Resurrects Transit City | Planetizen: "In a stunning blow to Mayor Rob Ford -- who, on his first day in office in 2010 scrubbed the "Transit City" plan in favor of an ill-thought out and unfunded subway scheme -- the Toronto City Council has quashed his plans and resurrected the old one."

Mayor Rob Ford had no authority to cancel Transit City, lawyers say - thestar.com

Toronto News: Mayor Rob Ford had no authority to cancel Transit City, lawyers say - thestar.com: "A report by a respected Toronto law firm says Mayor Rob Ford exceeded his legal authority when he cancelled Transit City without city council approval.
Councillor Joe Mihevc, who solicited the legal opinion, will release it publicly on Monday."

Save Transit City

Save Transit City: "On the day he took office Rob Ford canceled Transit City, a project to build fast, reliable and affordable light rail transit (LRT) in the areas of Toronto that need it most: the suburbs. The province has $8.7 billion to spend on three rapid transit lines on Finch West, Sheppard East and Eglinton, a plan that would cost Toronto $0."

Will 2012 mark the return of Transit City? #topoli

Will 2012 mark the return of Transit City?: "Despite the fact that Transit City was thought lost shortly after Rob Ford took his position as mayor of Toronto, more and more signs point to the possibility that, at the very minimum, there will be a significant public push to revive the former LRT-based transit plan."

Toronto mayor doing good job for #oil and #autosprawl

Cost of cancelling Transit City could hit $65-million - The Globe and Mail: "The multimillion-dollar price tag is the latest estimate for cancelling the Sheppard and Finch light-rail lines – part of former mayor David Miller’s Transit City plan. It comes as the city’s transit users are facing fare hikes and reduced service, measures planned for the new year to meet the mayor’s demands for a 10-per-cent budget cut. The new expense surfaced Tuesday during budget discussions, where city councillors also weighed the merits of closing pools and community centres in order to save dollars."

Transit City making a comeback

Torontonians start online petition to bring back Transit City | The Toronto Observer: "When East York resident Trish O’Reilly posted a petition online to get the Transit City plan back, she had no idea how quickly it would spread. With minimal promotion, it gathered over 1,600 signatures within a week.
O’Reilly said all she did was let a few friends know about her petition through email and Facebook, and the petition took on a life of its own. Currently there are over 1,700 signatures, with a stated goal of 10,000.
“I was really bothered when [Mayor Rob] Ford got up on first day of administration and cancelled Transit City,” O’Reilly said. “I thought it was a really bad decision.”"

Toronto voters demand return of Transit City - Petition Online Canada

Toronto voters demand return of Transit City - Petition Online Canada: Given that
(a) the Transit City plan provides more transit for less money than Mayor Ford’s new subway plan,
and that
(b) the cancellation of Transit City would cost the City of Toronto a substantial amount in cancellation fees and penalties, which taxpayers can ill afford at this time,

Toronto’s transit at a crossroads | Pembina Institute

Toronto’s transit at a crossroads | Pembina Institute: "... — the Transit City plan would bring a variety of benefits for Toronto commuters which Pembina presents in a new report released today, Making Tracks to Torontonians , for example:

• Nearly 150 kilometers of new rapid transit lines

• An additional 600,000 people and jobs would be within 500 meters of rapid transit

• Over 100,000 low-income residents over the age of 15 would be within a six-minute walk of at least one of the Transit City lines

• Over 325,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions would be prevented, with 224 million rides per year on the new lines"

Take 144,000 cars off the road - Save Transit City

Graphic from http://www.torontoenvironment.org/campaigns/transit/transitmapBreathe Toronto: "RALLY FOR TRANSIT CITY! Come together on Sunday, January 9th to demand loud and clear that City Council save Transit City, and proceed with the biggest TTC expansion in recent history as planned. As the last Council unanimously endorsed (including Ford!) Event posting: CLICK HERE"

SAVE Transit City (click here for Facebook event)

SAVE Transit City (1): "Join this event to show your support for Transit City!
People we have work to do. Your city needs you. The war on our great city has begun!!
On his first day as mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford told 680News that 'people do not want streetcars'. He said, 'The war on the car is over!' Well, not so fast Mr. Ford! All of this has been decided without a public debate or comprehensive analysis of the impact of a decision made by one person, alone in an office at City Hall
Do you think all Torontonians deserve good public transit no matter where in the City they live?
'As a municipal project, much more than just transportation needs are addressed by Transit City. The programme delivers train service to virtually every corner of the city while providing opportunities for economic, social and cultural renewal to some of Toronto's most distressed neighbourhoods."

A group of activists take the "Save Transit City" campaign to the suburbs, one door at a time

After Mayor Rob Ford announced Transit City was “over,” a group of activists trying to save the transit plan took to the streets of the central city, at Yonge and Eglinton. A week later, on Dec. 11, the campaign moved to Malvern, an area that would directly benefit from the plan to be axed, and an area that voted for Ford. (Mayor Ford’s proposed subway expansion that would replace Transit City, meanwhile, would leave the Malvern transit situation roughly where it is now, which is the middle of nowhere.) Sixteen volunteers—people who grew up in Malvern, transit advocates from across the city and candidates from the last election—set off in pairs that day, determined to bring the conversation to the people’s doorsteps. We tagged along with two of them to see how the debate is playing out in the inner suburbs.... http://www.eyeweekly.com/city/features/article/108443--knockin-on-malvern-s-door

Thunder Bay Mayor Defends Transit City - CityNews

Thunder Bay Mayor Defends Transit City - CityNews: "The mayor of a northwestern Ontario city with a stake in Toronto’s transportation has come forward in favour of the plan Rob Ford has declared “over.”
Keith Hobbs is hoping to convince Ford not to kill Transit City and the light-rail streetcars now being made at the 475,000 square-foot Bombardier plant in Hobbs’ city, Thunder Bay."