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I have been part of transit studies since 1985 including light rail, bus, commuter lanes, and Maglev. In all of these studies, no solution eventually gets the drivers of personal cars from their start point to their end point any faster. Every year every driver spends 10% more time getting from point A to point B regardless of infrastructure changes. Within 20 years a typical 6 speed 450 hp personal car will never get out of second gear. Just too many cars on the roads. It's science, not hysteria. Try driving from LA to Las Vegas on a Friday night. 450 miles and you will never exceed 50 MPH. Add two more lanes in each direction over the next 10 years and guess what? 450 miles and you will never exceed 45 MPH. Over the 10 year period required to complete the project so many additional cars are added it negates the advantages of the additional lanes.

It's science, not hysteria.

It's assuming that population keeps growing exponentially. It isn't.

It's assuming that the Boys Downtown get everything they want, and that all employment 20 years from now will be downtown, and the employees will live in the suburbs and commute downtown instead of growing a brain and solving their problem by finding or creating jobs in the suburbs and exurbs.

Why is everybody a capitalist until some poor slob tries to get out of the rat race by buying himself a job in the 'burbs? No, he has to turn into a socialist and get in line to get on a rationed transit "system" run by policy junkies for their own benefit.

Don't know where you are, but wouldn't your research suggest that light rail may be something to consider? I know TX was talking about it and I don't know why they switched to the TTC talks.