The Overall Plan

The transportation committee of the Toronto Party has put together a bold, new and balanced transportation vision for the City of Toronto. The 'Get Toronto Moving' transportation plan was developed by several volunteer key professionals since 1990, who consist of an urban planner, engineers, a TTC employee and interested citizens. The policy of this plan is:

The "Get Toronto Moving' Transportation Plan oversees policies and projects with the goal of improving the efficiency of all modes of transportation which are the choices of the people of Toronto, including automobiles, subways, cycling and walking.

The elements of this transportation plan for the City of Toronto consist of:

Rapid Transit

Extensions of Toronto's subway network, including three new east to west subway lines and extensions to existing subway lines:

Support for the Spadina and Yonge Subway northern extensions as proposed.
Completion of the Sheppard Subway east to the Scarborough Town Centre and west to Downsview
Construction of a ‘U’-shaped Downtown Relief Subway Line along Queen Street stretching to Eglinton Avenue and Jane Street in the west and Eglinton Avenue and Don Mills Road in the east
Extension of the Bloor Subway west to Sherway Gardens
Extension of the Bloor-Danforth Subway east, replacing the Scarborough Rapid Transit Line to the Scarborough Town Centre, and extended further to the Toronto Zoo (the Scarborough Subway).
Construction of an Eglinton Subway from Pearson International Airport to Kennedy station on the Bloor-Danforth Subway line in Scarborough

Replacement of Toronto’s streetcar network with new electric trolleybuses.

Roads

Two new tunnelled expressways within existing utility corridors:

Highway 400 Extension replacing Black Creek Drive and extended south in a tunnel under the Georgetown GO rail corridor to the Gardiner Expressway at Strachan Avenue, as a new airport link route.
Highway 448 along the wide Gatineau hydro corridor across Scarborough from the Don Valley Parkway south of Eglinton Avenue East to Highway 401 at Morningside Avenue, acting as a Gardiner Expressway eastern extension and relieving the heaviest traffic congestion on the Don Valley Parkway north of Eglinton Avenue East

Improvements to existing expressways:

Rename Allen Road as Allen Expressway and construct improved ramps to the Allen Expressway at Eglinton Avenue, Lawrence Avenue, Transit Road and Sheppard Avenue.
Eventual replacement of the elevated Gardiner Expressway with a new cable-stayed viaduct above the Lakeshore rail corridor and Union Station, and convert Lake Shore Boulevard into a grand tree-lined waterfront street

Filling in gaps in the arterial street system including minor road extensions and new bridges to make broken streets continuous for traffic, buses and bicycles

Bicycles

A new 100-kilometre network of continuous well-lit off-road bicycle trails cleared of snow in the winter

Technologies

New technologies to improve transport safety, convenience, efficiency and the environment including traffic management, lighting and subway efficiency.

Funding

Using private finance initiatives (PFI) to provide funding for construction.

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Click on the image below to download the 20-page detailed report outlining the 'Get Toronto Moving' transportation plan