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Relief Line should be Toronto's top transit priority

The City of Toronto can't wait 13 more years to relieve the pressure on our major subway lines and stations. Extending our subways to suburban locations will only load more people onto already packed subway platforms and trains. The danger is evident: how many people might be injured or die before Toronto moves ahead with practical planning?

When the transit system isn't functional, Toronto can't function. We must make the Relief Line the top transit priority for all residents. Please contact your local councillor by calling 311 - let the City know that the Relief Line should be the top transit priority.

Check out these links to learn more.

City of Toronto website: reliefline.ca

"Yonge Relief Network Study: Technical Summary" (Steer Davies Gleave / Metrolinx, 2015)

Excerpt on the Relief Line from "Rapid Transit in Toronto: A Century of Plans, Progress, Politics and Paralysis" (Ed Levy, 2015)

"Rapid Transit in Toronto: A Century of Plans, Progress, Politics and Paralysis" (e-book by Ed Levy, 2013/2014)

"A concept for integrated rapid transit and commuter rail systems in Metropolitan Toronto" (TTC, 1969)

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