CITY HALL
• Smitherman hit with sign violations [The Sun]
• No time to roll over [Now Weekly]
• Who is more deluded: Rob Ford or the labour unions? [Toronto Life]
TRANSIT
• Toronto’s new subway trains delayed [The Star]
• First commuter chaos, then a $618,000 bill [The Star]
• Sheppard subway extension: A quarter the stops for three times the cost [Globe & Mail]
• Rocket Talk: Can Marketers Hawk Aboard the TTC? [Torontoist]
• Turning on transit [Now Weekly]
ROADS
• Toronto completes first count of downtown cyclists [The Star]
• The Fixer: Toronto Water turns on asphalt taps [The Star]
• Dundas West may get parking back [The Sun]
• Jackes Ave. repairs slated for 2011 [The Sun]
HOUSING & NEIGHBOURHOODS
• Lawyers close Wellesley fire legal clinic over ‘unfair’ city offer [The Star]
• An unlikely pair and their online labour of love [The Star]
• Leafs’ practice on new outdoor rink [The Sun]
• Kensington Market’s Garden Car Still Needs a New Home [Torontoist]
G20 AFTER-MATH
• G20 officer tight-lipped at SIU appearance [The Star]
• DiManno: How G20 officer was identified [The Star]
• G20 protests: Don’t let charge be end of story [The Star]
• Officer charged with G20 assault blogged about humanitarian mission to El Salvador [Globe & Mail]
• Cop union blasts media over stakeout [The Sun]
YEAR-END
• 2010: WTF? The year in pictures [Eye Weekly]
• 2010: The moments that defined a wild year [Now Weekly]
• Heroes and Villains 2010: Heroes: Movers [Torontoist]
OTHER NEWS
• Anti-poverty activist wins $5,500 settlement from city in trespassing case [The Star]
• Critic’s wish for 2011: pinnacle restaurant that will, finally, put Toronto on the map [National Post]
• Man sues Toronto Santa Claus parade [National Post]
• Are slides the next architectural trend? [BlogTO]
One comment
Marcus Gee makes a good point: Sure we would like subways – but we also would like Mercedes too. Doesn’t mean we can afford them.
With that said, he makes an amateur mistake to assume that more stops = better. While it is true that it may help improve access, it also has a direct effect on speed. This begs the question, why are we spending billions again anyways?
The best options would be to continue the LRT along the same path as the subway, or to continue the current subway as an El.