Presentation to a Public Town Hall Meeting on the Yonge Subway Extension to York region

1. • 7.4 km long
• Five stations
• Underground train storage
• Two major bus terminals
• Park and ride lot for up to
2,000 vehicles
• Projected cost $5.6 billion
Yonge Subway Extension (YSE) - Highlights

2. Toronto & York Region Agree to Jointly Pursue Funding
for Yonge Subway Extension & Relief Line South
Speaking to reporters while flanked by York Region Chair Wayne Emmerson, Richmond Hill
Mayor Dave Barrow, and Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti, Tory said that banding together would
strengthen the municipalities’ ability to secure money for both lines, and that work on the projects
should move forward in parallel.
Toronto and York Region “are in common cause on our two number one projects,” he said.
“We have two projects that they recognize and I recognize go together, and that really both need
funding.”
“The Yonge North extension subway is our number one transit priority, and I know the relief line is
the city’s number one transit priority. And they’re both vital transit projects and must both proceed
together if we are to address congestion in the GTHA,” Emmerson told the committee.
https://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2017/05/16/tory-changes-course-on-relief-line-subway-forms-alliance-with-york-region-mayors.html
Source:
May 16, 2017

3. Survey sent out by local politicians and
ratepayer groups to the Cities of
Richmond Hill, Vaughan and Markham –
March/April 2018
1,374 YSE Survey Respondents

4. How would people change their transit
behavior once the YSE opens?

5. The YSE would increase transit use and reduce
traffic counts!
Today % of respondents who go
to the Subway
With YSE
in Place
58.93 Have a car involved 37.66%
35.47% Use Public Transit bus
(YRT/Viva, TTC) 29.16%
3.66% Walk or Ride a Bike 32.15%

6. 85.4%
of respondents first subway trip begins at
Finch Station

7. Where do the survey results indicate load relocation?
1.01%
42.46%
15.42%
13.41%
25.36%

8. Yonge Subway Extension - Funding Status
In Hand & In Use - Planning & Design Funding
Missing Commitment – Capital Costs
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commision_meetings/2017/May_18/Reports/13_Advance_Planning_and_Design_for_the_Relief_Line_and_Yonge.pdf
Source

9. The TTC is the Owner/Operator of the YSE with Planning and
Engineering Completed Q4 of 2019. Funding is Required from the
Province in Order for Construction to Begin in 2020.
http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Commission_reports_and_information/Commision_meetings/2017/May_18/Reports/13_Advance_Planning_and_Design_for_the_Relief_Line_and_Yonge.pdf
Source
May 2017
May 2018
December 2019
20312020

10. What is the May 2018 Status?
Letter Update – May 2, 2018
Report – May 18, 2017