By David RosThe Jane-Finch community is home to more than 80,000 people yet, it has some of the least adequate transit services for a community of its size.The purpose of a recent meeting held at the York Woods Community Library Theatre was get community consultation on how this problem can be fixed.TTC chair Maria Augimeri, who was present at the meeting, said that under the Transit City program, which has now been scrapped, there would have been an 11km Light-Rail Transit (LRT) route along Finch Ave., W, which would have significantly improved transit service in the area.According to Mitch Stambler, a TTC planner, the 35 Jane bus and the 36 Finch-West bus are the 2^nd and 3^rd busiest bus routes in the city.The buses along both routes are often overcrowded, leaving many people to wait for multiple buses to arrive because there is no room for them to board. This can be particularly problematic during rush hour when both streets are filled with heavy traffic congestion.Although, the extension to the Yonge-University-Spadina subway line will provide service to the community when it is projected to open some time in late 2016, it will do very little to ease the transit problems along those routes as most community members will still have to reach the new stations by bus.According to Augimeri, a push to create more subways, which are significantly more expensive to build, has “distracted” from the fact that the province has already agreed to provide funding for LRT routes along Jane St., and Finch Ave., W.Jamie Robinson, Metrolinx's director of community relations and communication for TTC projects, agrees saying that if the LRT routes are built, they will be 60 per faster than the current bus routes. LRT vehicles can hold significantly more people than buses and because they operate within their own dedicated lanes, they can provide quick and efficient service even during rush hour.Work has already begun on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line which is scheduled to begin operation in 2017 and as of now, it is unclear what will happen to the other LRT routes that were approved as part of the Transit City plan.These issues are unlikely to be resolved until after the the municipal election on Oct. 27.