politics Poll Position: Toronto Favours Scarborough LRT, Again

Residents prefer more value for money, even if most of their elected representatives don't.

“If the three stop Scarborough Subway is increased to four stops, it will cost more than $3 billion dollars. For the same amount of money, a 30 stop LRT network that would cover the entire municipality could be built. Which would you prefer overall, a four stop subway or a 30 stop LRT network across Scarborough, if each cost the same?”



Thirty stop LRT network: 61%

Four stop subway: 29%

Other/Don’t Know: 11%

January 24-25, 2015

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±3%, 19 times out of 20

Interactive voice response telephone survey

Forum Research

In the Forum poll, LRTs won out over subways by 23 percentage points in Scarborough, proving that it’s not always about what kind of transit technology you offer, but the kind of planning and access you provide. While LRTs have proved consistently popular in polls over the past year or so, there is one demographic that light rail cannot seem to win over: risk-averse politicians.

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