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Jobs, Families, Health and Public Transportation

How do they all relate?Good Public Transit:• Expands job opportunities for workers who cannot

afford a car• Protects family budgets so that you don’t need to own

a car • Less crowded bus and shorter trips = feeling good when

we get to work• Reduces traffic and lessens air pollution • Encourages people to do more walking • Companies chose to locate to places with good public

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Finch Ave West Current Situation:

Transit Not Good Enough

Finch Ave one of the busiest in Toronto

Buses in traffic move slowly and come late

People late for work or grocery shopping or daycare/school

Tired from long, crowded ride

Lots of pollution from cars and trucks

More and more riders: By 2031 there would need to be a bus coming almost every 1-2 minutes

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The Crosstown Eglinton – Similar to LRTs on Finch West

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWTd58zn8fw

What is an LRT?• LRT = Light Rail Transit or Light Rapid Transit

• LRV = A Light Rail Vehicle – more than one LRV makes up a whole LRT


Why an LRT?• Can be Built faster than a Subway

• Connection to Finch West Subway Station and downtown

• Stations will be closer together than a subway and easy to walk to

• LRT service supports existing and future needs.

• LRT vehicles can be added or removed easily depending on how many passengers there are at any one time

• Finch Avenue is wide enough to fit the LRT, bicycle lanes, cars and trucks


1 LRT vehicle can carry 3X more people than a bus


LRTs in Action!


We Need Commitment !

• Provincial Government and the City had originally agreed on building LRT – 2017 construction will start. It could be complete by 2020

• Could have finished building LRT sooner:– Since 2010 the City Gov has debated whether to build subways or put

more buses on Finch instead

• Get government back on track by telling them we need the LRT

NOW !


What Can We Do? Some Ideas:• Talk to a friend or family member

– What are their concerns?• Tell us !

• Start your own group

• Join JFAAP

• Join TTCriders

• Join CAPG

• Email or call MPPs

• Email or call Councilors


Thank you !


Contact any of us here:Jane Finch Action for Neighbourhood Change -https://www.facebook.com/pages/JaneFinch-Action-For-Neighbourhood-Change-ANC/310322915652769

Jane-Finch Action Against Poverty -JFAAP - https://jfaap.wordpress.com/

Northwest Transit [email protected]

TTCriders - http://www.ttcriders.ca/[email protected]@rogers.com

CodeRedTO - http://coderedto.com/[email protected]

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http://www.ttcriders.ca/



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