{"id":3988,"date":"2009-01-30T11:56:37","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T16:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/01\/30\/facebook-friday-downtown-relief-line-drl\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:55:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:55:22","slug":"facebook-friday-downtown-relief-line-drl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/01\/30\/facebook-friday-downtown-relief-line-drl\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Friday: Downtown Relief Line (DRL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3461\/3239377530_da97a37cd1.jpg\" height=\"301\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/01\/29\/city-council-boards-the-drl-bandwagon\/\">latest news<\/a> on the resurfacing of the Downtown Relief Line (DRL) subway proposal has kickstarted discussion on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php?#\/group.php?sid=1a916b735dfff17da705915acaa5595d&amp;gid=10757265438\">Facebook DRL group<\/a>. Created and maintained by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbantoronto.ca\">Urban Toronto<\/a> message board moderator Jason Paris, the group features a flurry of comments by everyone from dedicated transit advocates to regular Torontonians expressing excitement about the idea and frustration about overcrowding and delays on the existing lines.<\/p>\n<p>The group&#8217;s self-stated goal is to &#8220;help make our elected representatives fight for better transit for ALL of Toronto,&#8221; and its wall is splashed with an outpouring of emotion and satisfaction that &#8220;Toronto is growing up.&#8221; The discussion board contains suggestions for all kinds of alternate names for the line, like &#8220;the Downtown Loop&#8221; or, simply, &#8220;the Downtowner.&#8221; In addition, you can find links to articles in publications large and small that feature the latest news, and a handful of images, maps and renderings of the DRL.<\/p>\n<p>[To post a comment about the DRL, please head over to <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/01\/29\/city-council-boards-the-drl-bandwagon\/\">yesterday&#8217;s post<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p><em>Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/User:Yllianos\">Sly Lockhart<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest news on the resurfacing of the Downtown Relief Line (DRL) subway proposal has kickstarted discussion on the Facebook DRL group. 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