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CITY RANKINGS
• Where the livin’ is easiest [The Economist]

TRANSIT
• James: Ford’s public transit plan isn’t about public transit [The Star]
• Rob Ford’s hatred of above-ground rail will be a costly story [Globe & Mail]
• No York Region Transit strike on Tuesday after union opts for re-vote [Globe & Mail]
• Posted Toronto Political Panel: Toronto’s transit woes [National Post]

ROADS & STREETS
• Water main means digging deep on Avenue Rd. [The Star]
• The Fixer: Are trash receptacles a magnet for firebugs? [The Star]
• Time to change T.O.’s road hockey ban [The Sun]

NEIGHBOURHOODS
• Social housing audit to reveal ‘expense improprieties’ [The Star]
• Diverse businesses could breathe life into struggling Little India [The Star]
• Police history on display [The Sun]

4 comments

  1. Congrats to the city on the #4 ranking. But a shame that the Economist Intelligence Unit made the mistake of ranking Vancouver, Vienna and Melbourne higher. After all, these cities all have electric trolleybuses or extensive surface light rail, which we all know from Rob Ford’s sophisticated analysis are simply the most unlivable things possible to have clogging up our asphalt. Hopefully the Economist will correct this glaring error soon.

  2. Re: Time to change T.O.’s road hockey ban

    That is a good move. I think our neighbourhood streets should be open for many sports for the residents, not just hocky, soccer, basketball, badminton, and so on should all be allowed. It is time to show drivers that streets are not the property of cars, they need to share it.

  3. Why I am glad that Economist put Canadian cities high up in the list, I think the analysis about population density got it all wrong. What the heck does Canada’s extremely low density overall has to do with Toronto’s density? Even when you look at Canada as whole, you will see Canadians pretty much all squeeze into the thin slice of 100 miles north of the border, the density of that slice is certainly higher than that of the states.