A recent history of transit in Scarborough

After years ofdebate,transportation ministerGlen Murrayproposed a new, two-stop subway extension into Scarborough this week.

It is one of many plans discussed by Toronto and the provinceover the lastseven years. In fact, so many planshave emerged it's difficult to keep track.

The first major plan came in 2007, when then-mayor David Miller introduced Transit City, an eight-lineexpansionusinglight-rail transit.By2009, the provincial governmentpromised $7.2-billion toa scaled back version of theTransit City plan, with two lines going into Scarborough.The federal government, along with the province,would later pledge $950-millionfor a light-rail linealong Sheppard Avenue East.

ThenRob Ford became mayor.

Ford cancelled Transit City and promised subways,saying thatsome of the funding for the subways would becoming from the private sector.

Coun. Karen Stintz, the chair of the TTC,in the meantime, developed a plan called OneCity, which also relied on light rail transit.

Aboveis a map of only three of the proposals,focusing on Scarborough.