CITY HALL
• Mammoliti’s Pride threat just a lot of hot air [NOW]
• Rob Ford’s big retreat [NOW]
• The imaginarium of Dr.Ford [The Grid]
TTC
• TTC approves plan to sell subway naming rights [Globe & Mail]
• TTC increases amount of advertising space available on its vehicles [National Post]
• Subway naming rights up for sale as TTC approves mega-contract [The Sun]
• James: TTC teeters on the brink of expansion [The Star]
• TTC approves selling naming rights and giant ads on all buses [The Star]
• TTC again on wrong track [The Sun]
• TTC takes care of business [The Sun]
CYCYLING
• Peter Kuitenbrouwer: “Cold Plastic” coming to College Street [National Post]
• Cyclists should need a licence to ride [The Sun]
• Why the Jarvis Street bike lanes matter [The Grid]
• Councillors in bike-lane spat [The Sun]
• Cyclist charged with careless driving after hitting a pedestrian [National Post]
• Cyclist charged after hitting pedestrian in Chinatown [Globe & Mail]
• Cyclist fractures pedestrian’s skull, gets $400 fine [The Star]
DEVELOPMENT
• Yonge Street revitalization plan unveiled [The Grid]
• Study says Yonge stretch should be narrowed [The Sun]
• New owners plan facelift for Maclean House [Globe & Mail]
• Toronto watches closely as Mexico scrambles to finish Pan Am prep [Globe & Mail]
GTA
• Mississauga councillors want power plant a provincial election issue [National Post]
• Hume: At 20, Vaughan steps gingerly toward an urban future [The Star]
• Pickering’s bridge to the future takes shape [The Star]
2 comments
One more for cycling: Meet the masked man who cycles backwards through Toronto
re: Cyclist fractures pedestrian’s skull, gets $400 fine
I agree that the punishment for all these careless driving/riding is way too lenient. Make no mistake, this is not an accident (like many other car “accidents”), this is criminal negligence. With or without intent, this a-hole should be hold criminally responsible.
That said, this incident also proves that “licensing cyclist” is unnecessary. Without any license, was there any problem for the police to charge him under highway act in the absence of bike license? Would the result be any different with a license? OK, the policy might suspend his bike license for 6 months or revoke it altogether, would that make him really stop ride a bike or make him a more responsible cyclist? I seriously doubt that. Well, if he decide not to bike, he might choose to drive a car, then he just becomes more dangerous.
Bike license will not help improve cycling safety; punishment more than just a slap on the wrist to those criminally negligent cyclists and drivers might.