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I'm not sure trying to figure out Fords Transit Map is a good idea...but this is how it appears to run through the west end of Toronto... Along Queen to Bathurst, south on Bathurst to Fort York over or under the GO tracks through the Bentway to the Ex and then Ontario Place/1 
(Sorry about the graphics) If you are spending billions on a subway why are there no stops between Osgoode & Ont Place, the line by-passes the Entertainment District, Liberty Village, City Place& Ft York. This line runs thru the densest neighbourhoods in Toronto. But NO stops!/2
It even by-passes the Island Airport (which I can live with!)...and as for construction, there is no way to build it without ripping up Queen and Bathurst (good bye streetcars)and buying tens of millions of dollars worth of property at Queen and Bathurst for the high spend turn/3
...and then there is the rail corridor; under or over? Fort York itself; Under or straight thru? And the Gardiner? Do we tear up the Bentway? Does it follow the GO Corridor and miss Ontario Place? I know its just a line on the map... So HOW DID FORD COST IT? /4
It’s as if someone gave Doug Ford a set of magic markers... and Ford actually thinks that they are MAGIC! #MagicmarkersAreNotMagic #topoli @ttcriders
An update from yesterday... Ford added stops on the #SpaFY subway line: at Spadina/Queen & at Bathurst/King/1
@TOAdamVaughan Ford's decided tunneling under a road is too easy. Instead it runs diagonally between the two stops/2
@TOAdamVaughan Lot of condos in the area with multi-level garages. The tunneling won't be easy. It's why usually subways run along streets/3
@TOAdamVaughan Anther challenge is that the area won't generate enough DC's to pay for the stations. And there aren't a lot of empty sites/d
@TOAdamVaughan Couldn't find what they want to build at Ontario Place. But it will have to be huge to pay for a subway/5
@TOAdamVaughan Again a reminder: someone need to tell Doug Ford that Magic Markers are not magic! /6
