Mayoral Race
• Fords ‘end run’ on student football rules set bad example: Officials [ Toronto Star ]
• Reading the Labour Council tea leaves [ Globe & Mail ]
• Rossi vows to undo bike lanes [ Toronto Sun ]
G20 Aftermath
• Civil liberties group files five G20 police complaints [ Toronto Star ]
• How facial recognition software could track down G20 suspects [ Toronto Star ]
• Tiny bubbles causes international stir [ Toronto Sun ]
• Two more G20 arrests [ Toronto Sun ]
Transit
• Jarvis bike lane installation starts today [ Toronto Star ]
• TTC’s panel finding due Aug. 23 [ Toronto Star ]
• Treading water on transit, and we all know it [ National Post ]
• Chris Higgins: TTC must capitalize on its real estate [ National Post ]
• Transit panel suggests better ways [ National Post ]
City Building
• Hume: Hamilton stadium should be downtown [ Toronto Star ]
• Complete makeover for Ontario Place [ Toronto Star ]
• Rinks at any cost? [ Toronto Star ]
• Hume: Bad buildings sucked life out of Carlton St. [ Toronto Star ]
• Ontario Place seeks bids for a major makeover [ Globe & Mail ]
Other News
• The heavenly tree with a seedy side [ Toronto Star ]
• 18 sewer backups later city is shamed into action [ Toronto Star ]
• Fury mounts over eco fees [ Toronto Sun ]
2 comments
I usually agree with Hume, but as for the Hamilton Stadium, there are two main demographics to sports fans: suburbanites with SUVs and corporate types who come taxi/limo. Sure, downtown stadiums have foot and transit traffic, but there is not as much transit to downtown Hamilton as Toronto, nor the Bay Street crowd. I don’t own a car (and don’t go to watch sports) but most S. Ontarians do. I like Hume’s optimism, but don’t share it.
On the other hand, the downtown needs the stadium and a ‘wheat field’ doesn’t’. Moreover, if there are only ten home games, isn’t it smarter to put the stadium in a place it can be used for other events the rest of the time, rather than where it will sit more idle?
I agree with the National Douche, Toronto would benefit from a transport system similar to NYC, a dense network of subway south of Eglinton while the rest of the GTA is serviced with highways and infrequent commuter rail.
Mississauga has more in common with White Plains, New York than it does with Brooklyn.