"The Better Way does not get better"

Of all the people to blame for this, John Tory is not one.
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Both the planning department and the TTC seem to believe they have the luxury of time.  They do not.

If the Conservatives ( i.e., effectively the oil industry) win the next provincial election, as seems likely, the city and the TTC can kiss their transit projects good-bye for the next decade and more.

The City does not have the luxury of time.

There is a 30 year back-log.  We can't get it done because the "no new taxes" buffoons can almost always exploit the weaknesses of our farcical archaic first-past-the-post electoral system to prevent transit from being funded.

There is a rapidly narrowing window to get it done.

Mr. Tory's above-ground railway plan had the great virtue of bringing relief sooner.

Its about votes: transit riders vote for transit.

We need more riders, sooner.

Yonge relief to Finch can't wait another 30 years.

Better some relief now, than perfect relief never.