It's this simple; how do we get millions of people from Point "A" to point "B" in the most cost-efficient manner possible?

Gridlock is an enormous issue; Council's answer was to declare "war on the car". All that proved was that you can't force motorists out of their cars.

That means that we have to find new ways to make people want to take the TTC.

I propose that;

- The price of a yearly metropass be immediately lowered to $100 (to encourage people to buy for a year);

- We promptly take the provincial government up on their offer to help fund the Presto instant-payment system;

- We develop other ways (like Presto) to help merge our fares with the GO and transit services from the 905 areas;

- Senior citizens be allowed to take the TTC free, or at a greatly reduced price, between 10am and 3pm;

- Student, senior and single-parent passes be maintained via partnership with schools, social services and seniors' agencies.

The TTC is more than a decade behind the needs of its' ridership; bad decisions like leasing a multimillion-dollar office/museum (instead of building more lines) and starting - then failing to finish - the Eglinton subway line to to Pearson Airport only made it worse. We've also learned that, while they have their part in a transit system, LRTs (streetcars) cannot be relied upon as the principal way to move people.

Streetcars support subways, feeding people to those "people-movers". With that philosophy in mind;

- I will work towards building the Eglinton subway in BOTH directions; this will take tremendous pressure off the Bloor-Danforth line, and give TTC a massive new way to generate operating revenue.

- I will also work to install large parking facilities at the end of each subway line; if you could park your car and take the subway, wouldn't you do just that? If we build it, they will park - and every car off the road is one less car adding to gridlock, which helps the rest of us move forward instead of idling and adding pollution.

- I will work towards automation and modernization, with the overall goal to save money - but not at the expense of service.

The goal of TTC isn't just to save money, though it must become MUCH more efficient and remain so; the goal is to move people, while keeping those people's fares down as low as possible.

If we want to reduce gridlock and emissions, there's only one way to do it; encourage drivers to park their cars, because there's "A Better Way" to Move Forward.