DEVELOPMENT
• Queens Quay the ugly could become Queens Quay the grand boulevard [Toronto Star]
• Ryerson’s reborn Maple Leaf Gardens rink set for grand hockey opening [Toronto Star]
• Nathan Phillips Square revitalization sees progress with tender for new snack bar [Toronto Star]
TTC
• Bus driver a ‘hero’ as crane brings down live power lines on packed TTC bus [National Post]
• Toronto bus passengers safe after being trapped under power lines [Globe and Mail]
TRANSIT
• Cycling ban proposed on street with disused streetcar track following death of cyclist [Globe and Mail]
• Car-free camping: getting back to the backcountry by bus [Open File]
OTHER NEWS
• Ripley’s aquarium facing opposition over sharks [Toronto Star]
• Forever Yonge Street: Your memories paint a fascinating picture [Toronto Star]
Just when you think that Doug Ford is walking away with the council championship for missing the point, along comes Minnan-Wong to defend his title…
DMW doesn’t go far enough. Why not ban cycling on all streets with streetcar tracks? If a two-block, low-traffic, local street is a problem, logically Queen and Bathurst should be exponentially worse… right?
Oh, my. Why doesn’t Minnan-Wong focus on car infrastructure of the city instead? That way, I am sure with the next fatal car accident he will propose banning cars from all roads, right?
On the front page of today’s New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/22/nyregion/most-new-yorkers-say-bike-lanes-are-a-good-idea.html
So Minnan-Wong wants to ban cycling on roads with un-used streetcar tracks. What an idiot. But I would also say that Layton and Mihvec are also idiots for bringing up a proposal to rip up un-used streetcar tracks because of the danger they posed to cyclists. How are “unused” streetcar tracks any more a hazard to cyclists than “used” streetcar tracks? Jeesh, I wish that our councillors across the political spectrum would stop and think for just two seconds before they came out with such lame-brain proposals.