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TRANSIT
• Cyclists’ union ‘strong voice’ for bike riders [ Toronto Star ]
• Mayor hails Toronto Cyclists Union [ National Post ]
• Woman reveals terror of Spadina subway fall: ‘Another moment and my head would have been crushed’ [ National Post ]
• When is a skater not above board? [ Toronto Star ]

CITY HALL
• Injuries make city ‘high-risk’ employer [ Toronto Star ]
• City pestered by province’s bill [ Toronto Star ]
• T.O. weed-whacks province [ Toronto Sun ]
• City urged to tap private sector [ Globe and Mail ]
• City plans another round of aerial spraying for gypsy moths [ National Post ]
• City revs up anti-idle ban [ Toronto Sun ]

MISCELLANEOUS
• Ex-mayor of Scarborough had great ‘capacity for work’ [ Toronto Star ]

4 comments

  1. That infographic in the Post article about falling in the subway, it’s full of win.

  3. Sad how the foot dragging goes on at city hall regarding the “bike lane issue”.I confronted Gord Perks with the issue at the bike union meeting held in council chambers.I thought that before the election Gord was a fighter for the environment and even vowed to get 500 kilometers of bike lanes put in during the current 4 years of council.Well he was very frank with me “only 50 K”, and yes the excuses started.I have become very impatient listening to this BS from so called politicians who promise one thing to get elected and then break their vows once the “paychecks” start flowing.This also goes for Adam Giambrone,Joe Pantalone,Adam Vaughan etc..

    But it’s great to see the bike union at least makes it seem that somebody is interested.Makes for good headlines and nothing else these days.Even Dave Meslin is dropping his role in the union, makes you wonder.It’s going to be another dangerous summer for bike riders,but I guess talk is cheap and the city is too cheap to put in bike lanes.

  4. George, politicians do what is best for politicians, not their constituents. In a perfect world those two goals line up, but they often don’t.
    My main concern about the new bike union is that they fall victim to the same problem. I have nothing against advocacy groups of any stripe, but I worry that they will come to represent the interests of their organization, rather than the people they ostensibly represent (like the majority of politicians, regardless of political stripe)