They are starting to "get it" in the GTA with regard to how transit needs to be built, which is an improvement from a few years back when the talk was still all about building subways out in the suburbs, with stations in areas where no one lives, serviced by bus routes.  Now we are starting to see more regional express rail projects for access to suburban areas (the person who uses Via rail to commute from Brantford is a prime example of this).  We are also starting to see more dedicated street car lanes rather than having the street car compete with vehicle traffic on heavily congested roads.  

The basic transit model still remains the same: Regional express rail from outlying areas, and wherever possible, build inner city transit underground (or where not possible to do that, use dedicated street car corridors closed off to vehicle traffic).   Do not build subways in the suburbs and do not build surface rail in the downtown core.  

Toronto is getting better at this......