TTC SIX-HOUR SHUTDOWN
• TTC back to normal after six-hour shutdown [ Toronto Star ]
• Yonge subway reopens after four-hour disruption [ Globe & Mail ]
• Update: Service resumes on TTC; damaged bridge temporarily repaired [ National Post ]
• Subway back on track [ Toronto Sun ]
• TTC says it’s not to blame as mishap strands thousands [ National Post ]
TRANSPORTATION
• Biggest headache in GTA? Transportation [ Toronto Star ]
• Hepburn: Toll roads a bad idea for Toronto and the 905 [ Toronto Star ]
• TTC’s fare game unfair [ Now Magazine ]
• Mind the cash gap [ Now Magazine ]
• Fare hike only starts the conversation [ Eye Weekly ]
• TTC? ‘Until the snow flies, I will ride my bike’ [ National Post ]
G20 IN TORONTO
• Is G20 more than Toronto can handle? [ Toronto Star ]
• Toronto ready for any G20 relocation [ Toronto Star ]
• Harper government plans to move G20 summit to Toronto [ Globe & Mail ]
CITY HALL
• T.O. council’s left split over mayor’s race [ Now Magazine ]
• Toronto’s cost-cutting standoff heats up [ Globe & Mail ]
OTHER NEWS
• Beauty by the Sword [ Eye Weekly ]
• The charade of facadism [ Eye Weekly ]
• Carlton Cinemas to close in December [ Globe & Mail ]
• Curtain closes on The Carlton [ Eye Weekly ]
• At First Canadian Place, free burritos draw a crowd [ National Post ]
• Pan Am Games pressure points [ Now Magazine ]
6 comments
The Fixer: Busting cars who park in bike lanes [ Toronto Star ]
Parking fines are just the cost of doing business for courier companies. Even Canada Post.
The solution isn’t raising fines, but towing away illegally parked vehicles. Having their customer’s packages (or money in the case of armored trucks) hauled away would get their attention.
Make of it what you will: here is John Tory explaining why he loves his Lexus SUV:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-drive/car-life/my-car/practical-vehicles-get-campaign-veterans-vote/article1366856/
I despise cars even more than the TTC, but I am done with a commute that takes three times as long by TTC, the TTC hoarding tokens because the province and feds won’t pay their freight, the 2km walk from the station I had tonight, followed by seeing three streetcars in a row in both directions once I had arrived.
I am overjoyed to be leaving Toronto on work for two years, hopefully never to return, but if I haev to return, I will be adding a planet-and-society-destroying machine to the roads, because my home and work is provided with parking, but this city is inadequately provided with usable transit, even downtown.
Re: Darwin O’Connor
I work as a courier, and I’ve never gotten a parking ticket while on the job. Even downtown, most businesses have receiving docks in behind their buildings, some even underground. If a business doesn’t have a receiving dock, you are allowed to park in No Parking zones for immediate pick ups and deliveries. Only in No Stopping zones are you not allowed to stop/park for any reason.
Re: Mark
Shameless PR, but an interesting read. At least he seems to be using it to move a lot of stuff, rather than buying a large car for the heck of it. Still, I wonder if a Honda Fit, a diesel or hybrid, or even a Toyota Yaris would be able to suit his luggage and passenger needs just as well.
Fits and Yaris are not made in Canada so far as I know. A Matrix on the other hand is – but it doesn’t have a Lexus badge on the front…
Who cares where it is made? The North American manufacturing sector has been dead since the 70s, and supporting a semi-decent auto sector isn’t going to make a difference.
I listed those two cars because they are standard gasoline vehicles which have at least 30 US MPG combined city/highway from the EPA and have a decent amount of storage. I should have also mentioned the Chevrolet Aveo and Nissan Versa though (though their reliabilities are questionable).
And while they have their drawbacks, like I said there are numerous larger hybrids and diesel vehicles with excellent mileage as well.