Planning in Toronto seems to be political, pits one area of the city against another and still seems to accomplish very little.  We have maybe 5 or 6 more subway stops than we did when i moved to Toronto for  university.  The population has more than doubled, and transit options are overcrowded and slow.    Putting in more subway stops to make commutes faster will get people out of their cars.  Building LRT's  on busy streets will not convince people to change their ways.   

Yes, i know that most of the SRT is on protected right-of-ways.   However, it would be shut down for 3 to 4 years in order to install the LRT, something they probably did not tell the Scarborough Transit Rider group or the people losing the Lawrence East stop.  This has to be one of the most stupid transit decisions ever announced.  Maybe our intrepid planner figured it would kill the subway extension plans.  I for one am happy she is moving on.