Dither, delay and fritter away what resources there are - that's the Toronto way.  We're only a few years from total gridlock because we'll never get people out of their cars without an adequate transit system:  No matter how the City tries, not everyone is going to be happy on a bicycle.

This article is rich with insights and good advice .

SOME SAMPLES: 

" ... we’ve overloaded core parts of the subway. ... We have to relearn the importance of downtown to the whole region, the whole country. ... ”

" ... trains from Scarborough and North York are often full before crossing into the old city, ... “data and demand patterns are telling us the stupidest thing we could do is make any of our lines longer [before putting another subway through the core].”

Lots more.  Can we hope that someone at City Hall reads the article - and acts on it?  Frankly - given past behaviour - I doubt it.