Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday

TRANSIT

• Brampton mayor’s last-minute LRT alternative stuns Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion [Toronto Star]
• Toronto identifies top 10 most congested intersections [Toronto Star]
• Toronto council wades into murky transit tax talks [Toronto Star]
• GTA development charges key to growth and transit funding: Hume [Toronto Star]
• Toronto council wades into murky transit tax talks [Toronto Star]
• Transit tax debate not over yet [Toronto Sun]
• ‘Are we crazy?’ Nunziata asks about debate on new taxes for transit [Globe & Mail]
• Scarborough councillors make another bid to transform RT into a subway as city considers ‘revenue tools’ [National Post]

ISLAND AIRPORT

• Council’s lefties throw a fit over Porter expansion [Toronto Sun]
• Port Authority agrees to pay for initial report into airline plan [Globe & Mail]

CASINO

• Council declines snap Toronto casino vote [Toronto sun]
• Casino opposition backs off from plans for special meeting [Globe & Mail]
• Ford foes considered pulling ‘fast one’ on casino vote as plan exposes adminstration’s ‘tenuous at best’ council support [National Post]

PARKS

• High Park’s dog-doo dilemma — Toronto turns down dog owners’ request for bins in off-leash area [Toronto Star]
• Torched Malvern playground to be rebuilt thanks to $80,000 in donations [Toronto Star]
• Donors step up to help rebuild torched kindergarten playground in Scarborough [National Post]

OTHER NEWS

• Weston-Mount Dennis residents want Metrolinx to preserve last Kodak building [Toronto Star]
  
• Yorkville Plaza construction site becomes a place for artists to shine [Globe & Mail]
• Ai Weiwei’s bronze sculpture exhibit coming to Nathan Phillips Square [National Post]