page_title: The Big Move rapid transit projects
section_title: LRT projects
hierarchical_section_title: The Big Move rapid transit projects / Implementation / Toronto / LRT projects
caption_attribution_description: English: Demonstration mockup of Bombardier Flexity Freedom LRV, on display in Kitchener, Ontario, July 13, 2013.
context_page_description: The Big Move is a regional transportation plan published in 2008 and consisting of 62 rapid transit projects to be implemented across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. These rapid transit projects are intended to form a seamlessly integrated regional rapid transit network, which is the first priority action in the regional transportation plan. These projects form two long-term templates with 15 and 25 year horizons. These templates outline broad projects; specific details about technology, alignment, stations and service levels for each project are subsequently determined though a cost–benefit analysis, or an environmental assessment process.
context_section_description: On September 28, 2012, Metrolinx signed a master agreement with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to implement four new light rail transit lines in Toronto:
  Sheppard East LRT
  Finch West LRT
  Line 5 Eglinton
  Replacement of Line 3 Scarborough.
  These projects were also identified in Transit City, a rapid transit plan announced by former Toronto Mayor David Miller and TTC Chair Adam Giambrone on March 16, 2007. After $4 billion in provincial funding for Transit City from the Ontario government was deferred, the projects were rolled into a "5 in 10" plan, referring to goal of completing the four LRT lines and a BRT line in ten years. The plan also included the purchase of 182 light rail vehicles from Bombardier Transportation.
  In December 2010, Rob Ford, who succeeded David Miller as mayor, announced his intention to cancel key parts of Transit City, saying "we will not build any more rail tracks down the middle of our streets." However, he was open to the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, given that it is primarily underground. Ford acknowledged that he will need council's support to put an end to Transit City. In early 2012, Toronto City Council voted in favour of motions to resume work on the Sheppard, Eglinton and Finch LRT lines, and on replacing the Scarborough RT, defeating Rob Ford's campaign for subways.
  The subway debate has continued in regards to the replacement of Line 3 Scarborough. Toronto City Council voted in June 2013 for a proposal to build an underground subway in Scarborough. In light of this, Metrolinx threatened to stop work on Scarborough rapid transit, or even walk away from the project. Meanwhile, the Minister of Transportation Glen Murray was open to a modified project, as long as any costs that were additional to what the province originally committed. In September 2013, the Government of Ontario announced it would build a subway, but it would terminate at Scarborough Centre station, and consist of "a minimum" of two stops. The City of Toronto has moved forward with planning an extension of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth in Scarborough.
caption: A mock-up of the Bombardier Flexity Freedom that will be used on LRT lines across the GTHA
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