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TTC
Snoozing TTC collector offers apology [ Toronto Sun ]
Sleepy transit worker a hero [ Toronto Sun ]
• TTC union boss discouraged by public’s response [ Toronto Sun ]
Fiorito: It’s easy, isn’t it, to point, click and cry ‘gotcha’ [ Toronto Star ]
TTC union defends apparently drowsy collector [ Globe & Mail ]
Transit union rebukes TTC picture taker [ Toronto Star ]
Wake up to real issues, TTC sleeper tells public [ Toronto Star ]
Second photo emerges of another alleged TTC napper [ National Post ]
The TTC could try a little tenderness [ Globe & Mail ]
TTC folds on paper tickets [ Toronto Star ]
Riders get break on TTC tickets [ Toronto Star ]
Rebranding TTC as a service would be a truly Better Way [ Toronto Star ]
• James: No quick fix for public’s dim view of TTC [ Toronto Star ]
• Hume: Sleepy TTC in need of wake-up call [ Toronto Star ]
• TTC texting system running late [ Toronto Star ]
Finally, a wake-up call for Torontonians [ National Post ]

TRANSPORTATION
York Region’s ‘Avenue 7’ idea is all well and good, but what about ‘Group of 7 Way’?
[ National Post ]
No snow means a smoother ride [ Toronto Star ]
Gas tax best way to fund light rail, planner says [ National Post ]
There’s a right lane, and then there’s a right lane [ National Post ]
Where did all the potholes go? [ Toronto Star ]

PEDESTRIANS
Cops’ message to pedestrians, car drivers not getting through [ Toronto Sun ]
The war on walking [ Globe & Mail ]
Pedestrian fatalities ‘an unnecessary epidemic,’ says researcher [ Globe & Mail ]
Man on crutches hit by truck [ Toronto Star ]
• Pedestrian fights for life after being hit by Queen streetcar [ Toronto Star ]
• 10th pedestrian killed in 11 days [ Toronto Sun ]
Man walks in front of streetcar [ Toronto Sun ]

BRYANT CASE
Talks in Bryant case put over till March [ Globe & Mail ]
• Bryant-cyclist case put over to March 5 [ Toronto Star ]

SUSTAINABILITY
Driving home electrically from Detroit [ Toronto Star ]
• Man-made oasis will be model of green living [ Toronto Star ]
• Hume: A meat home on the renewable range [ Toronto Star ]

ARCHITECTURE / NEW DEVELOPMENT
Toronto’s starter castle in the sky [ Globe & Mail ]
• Hume: Change is good at Yonge/Eglinton [ Toronto Star ]
• Downtown hotel-condo tower to feature low-rent housing [ Toronto Star ]
Hume: Designer revives old ideas in new, greener buildings [ Toronto Star ]

MAYORAL RACE
Adam Giambrone’s bid for mayoralty imminent [ Globe & Mail ]
Giambrone to announce mayoral bid on Feb. 1, card suggests [ National Post ]
• TTC chair Adam Giambrone set to run for mayor [ Toronto Star ]
Curfews needed for teens: Mayoral candidate [ Toronto Sun ]

CITY HALL
Urban vision carries a price [ Toronto Star ]
City saving money on snow removal [ Toronto Star ]
Councillor pushes for wage freeze for mayor, city council [ National Post ]

OTHER NEWS
That was Yorkville [ National Post ]
This winter, golf’s in, shovelling’s out [ Toronto Star ]
Tired of living where lanes have no name [ Toronto Star ]
• Fiorito: Al Gosling’s eviction and death moves kids to tears [ Toronto Star ]
• Not all cab licences equal, driver says [ Toronto Star ]
Fixer: When we get it wrong, you let us know [ Toronto Star ]
• Homeless care kits to hit city streets [ Toronto Star ]
Construction workers at high risk [ Toronto Star ]

One comment

  1. Holy crap, I think this is the longest ‘headlines’ post I’ve ever seen on this blog.