Toronto’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday

TRANSPORTATION

• Nightmare commute: Mississauga woman arrested for mischief at Union Station [Toronto Star]
• Toronto’s premium on parking [The Grid]
• Toronto’s first dedicated bike lanes on Sherbourne start of bigger network [Toronto Star]
• Eglinton Crosstown crews launch giant tunneling machine [Toronto Star]
• Toronto’s new Sherbourne bike lanes too little too late — Hume [Toronto Star]
• Toronto to officially open Sherbourne Street bike lanes [CityNews]

MAYOR ROB FORD

• Rob Ford was ‘close’ with man whose home is apparently in famous photo [Globe & Mail]
• Ford brothers want council to revisit Woodbine casino debate [Globe & Mail]
• The neighbourhood at the centre of the Ford controversy: Guns, gangs and second chances [Globe & Mail]
• Rob Ford’s former campaign manager indicates he won’t return unless mayor enters rehab [Globe & Mail]
• Rob Ford slowly burning through whatever personal credibility he may have had left [National Post]

OTHER NEWS

• Toronto’s Don Valley Parkway rainbow mural gets tunnel extension [Toronto Star]
• The allure of manure: Growing numbers of young urbanites drawn to farming [National Post]
• State of the flea [The Grid]