Despite what Rob Ford says, light rail is best for Toronto: report - Toronto Life
16 November 2010
Jon Sufrin

According to the report, light rail transit offers the best solution not only from an environmental standpoint, but also from a monetary one. Reports the Star:
The report, which recommends the new city council move ahead on the Transit City light rail plan, notes that subways cost about three times as much as light rail to build.
Although subways carry more people and could, therefore, potentially take more cars off the road, their benefits are only maximized in densely populated areas.
The Transit City plan, which Mayor-elect Rob Ford has said he wants to replace with subways, is designed to serve the suburbs where that kind of density doesn’t exist.
We can’t help but think that the mayor-elect might have given this report more consideration if it had been written by others. Those tireless “Orientals,” perhaps?
• Light rail transit touted as best for Toronto [Toronto Star]
As originally published here: http://www.torontolife.com/daily/informer/streetcar-named-disaster/2010/11/16/despite-what-rob-ford-says-light-rail-is-best-for-toronto-report/
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