Transit City

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Transit City is a plan for public transportation for the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, announced by Mayor of Toronto David Miller and Chair of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Adam Giambrone on March 16, 2007.

This plan integrates public transportation objectives outlined in the City of Toronto Official Plan, the TTC Ridership Growth Strategy and Miller's 2006 election platform.

The plan calls for a series of transit corridors, providing Right of Way for an unspecified type of Light Rail Vehicle. These corridors will be integrated with existing subway, streetcar, bus and RT routes. In most cases there is already bus or streetcar service (in the case of the waterfront corridor) along the corridors.

The plan proposes 120 kilometres of electric light rail along seven routes. The proposed network would carry 175 million riders a year, of which 75 million would be new TTC users.^[1]

The seven proposed corridors are^[2]:

The longest (at over 30km) proposed corridor would be along Eglinton Avenue, from Toronto Pearson International Airport to Kennedy Station (with portions betweeen Keele St. and Laird St. running underground).

One running along Jane Street, from Steeles Avenue, connecting with the Bloor-Danforth subway at (presumably) Jane Station.

One running along Finch Avenue West, from Humber College (just West of Highway 27) to Finch Station.

One running along Don Mills Road, through the Don Valley, connecting with the Bloor-Danforth subway at (presumably) Pape Station.

One running from Kennedy Station to Morningside/Malvern

One along the western waterfront, from Long Branch, to the Exhibition Loop.

One along Sheppard Avenue East from Don Mills Station to Morningside Road.

The total estimated cost for implementation of all corridors (including construction costs and rolling stock) is $6 billion. The plan does not specify where the funding will come from, nor the relative priority of the corridors.