The items include staff reports about:

• formally canceling the request for streetcar proposals (You can read the report here (.pdf))
• proposing a new pricing policy for commuter parking lots and canceling free parking for Metropass holders (Report not available: You can read today’s Toronto Star’s article here.
• using bio-diesel fuel in buses (You can read the report here (.pdf))
• presenting the 2009 - 2013 capital program and a ten-year forecast (You can read the report here (.pdf))

The 2009 - 2013 capital program includes a number of big-ticket items, including:

• buying new streetcars to replace the current fleet and to serve on the new Transit City light rail transit lines.
• replacing aging subway cars and buses
• increasing transit system accessiblity
• extending and replacing the cars for the Scarborough rapid transit line
• introducing a fare-card system (Presto).