GREENING TORONTO
• To act green, we need concrete ideas [ Globe & Mail ]
• Whole new field of vision [ NOW ]
• Toronto’s green potential [ EYE Weekly ]
• T.O.’s life aquatic [ NOW ]
PARKS
• City renews battle with ash tree pests [ National Post ]
• Eroded path over ravine puts wandering kids at risk [ Toronto Star ]
TRANSPORTATION
• Activists want city to use recycled gravel [ Toronto Star ]
• The end of my love affair with the TTC [ EYE Weekly ]
• A problem: How to get out-of-towners to pay their parking
tickets [ Globe & Mail ]
• From out of town? Don’t worry about that parking ticket [ Toronto Star ]
ARTS
• Ed Mirvish Way is born, but Duncan Street gets 20% shorter [ National Post ]
• Centennial College wants to restore Guild Inn’s glory [ Toronto Star ]
OTHER NEWS
• Don Mills centre will be the anti-mall [ Toronto Star ]
• Councillor urges city to install free wireless Internet in public
housing [ National Post ]
• Kuitenbrouwer: Hitting the streets for the homeless count [ National Post ]
• Square dreams [ EYE Weekly ]
• Knowing where T.O. stands [ Globe & Mail ]
• Mississauga moves closer to new deal on utility contract [ National Post ]
• Vaughan’s Jackson cleared of conflict of interest [ Toronto Star ]
5 comments
Shawn, I hope you attached a copy of that article to your Metropass cancellation request.
The removal of the “walk left stand right” signs is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. The concept was efficient, orderly, cooperative, everything you would want in a crowded environment. You can sue a ham sandwich is you want, but nobody ever does. Has it occurred that be removing them the TTC is implying its every person for themselves which is more dangerous? Just wait somebody will sue for removing the signs.
“Has it occurred that be removing them the TTC is implying its every person for themselves which is more dangerous?”
When the signs were removed, they began a safety campaign that instructs riders to stand facing forward and firmly hold the handrail while on escalators, in accordance with the TSSA’s position on these crucial, crucial (ostensibly) liability-limiting and (certainly) congestion-inducing matters.
Shawn, I think there’s a good chance you’ll go back to the TTC someday. I went through the same thing in the mid 90’s when cutbacks in service, more frequent service delays, and the bad publicity of the fatal subway crash coupled with an electicial fire on a train I was riding at around the same time finally pushed me off the TTC. However, after a few years I realized the alternatives (mostly driving for me at the time) were not any better, so I made a plan to buy a house close to a subway line so that I would not have to rely on buses or streetcars. Three years ago, I got back on the TTC after moving to the Coxwell/Danforth area, and having the subway as your primary entry point to the TTC makes all the difference in the world. It’s always reliable, and it’s easier to avoid certain surface routes (for example, I rarely use any E-W streetcar routes and instead, take the subway as far as I can and then go up or down on a surface route such as Spadina). Anyway, just thought I’d share my experience. Good luck next winter!
Re: “The end of my love affair with the TTC”
Moving from using transit to cycling benefits the city, the environment and your health. It should be welcomed by all, including the TTC.