from CTV:
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford spent Wednesday evening riding across the city’s subway system after losing a council vote on the city’s transit future that he described as “irrelevant.”Ford and at least one member of his communication staff spent the evening speaking to residents as they rode the subway and Scarborough rapid transit until about 1 a.m. on Thursday.
Toronto city council voted voted 25-18 in favour of a light rail transit plan Wednesday evening, rejecting Ford’s plan to focus on moving more transit underground.
In a Facebook post following the vote, Ford say he was elected to bring subways to Toronto and would continue to push for Eglinton Avenue’s light rail transit line to be buried underground.
“The residents of Scarborough, Toronto’s fastest growing region, deserve underground rapid transit - and I promised to deliver it to them. Today’s vote does not change my promise,” Ford wrote.
Toronto council supported the plan proposed by TTC chair Karen Stintz after more than 10 hours of heated debate. At stake is some $8 billion in money allocated by the province.
Stintz’ proposal falls in line with Transit City – a strategy that was approved by the city and Metrolinx, the province’s transit agency, in 2009 but shunned by Ford when he was elected mayor in 2010.
“I think it was a good day for council and I think what we agreed on is really a common sense compromise that helps make sure we build rapid transit to the most number of people in the city of Toronto,” Stintz said Wednesday.
The new council-approved plan will see light rail lines constructed along Finch Avenue and Eglinton Avenue, with a section running underground between Back Creek Drive and Laird Drive.
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Ideally we all want subways but subways are expensive...them are not only disruptive
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look, Ford, we would love subways. I would love more subways. I want fucking everywhere
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Anyone else feel
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Ford, can you please stop being an idiot...extra money? And now
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Can someone please tell me why...LRT is what Scarborough wants instead
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SRT couldn’t get any less appealing…Rob...SRT! Just stop, Rob.
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