March 2010
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Kerfuffle Over Kilometrage
TTC Chair Adam Giambrone on a bus on a file Toronto Star photo (source)
Over the past week, the media has been on a feeding frenzy over the release of Councillors’ Office expense reports for 2009. The stories have ranged from the utterly ridiculous (mascots for a childrens’ party? The scandal!) to what seems to be a mainstream media vendetta against Adam Giambrone. The latest...
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Ow.
Damn campains.
(Dear Toronto Star: these typos are happening far too often. Probably shouldn’t have fired all those copy editors.)
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Is Toronto a Cycling City?
Taxis parked on bike lane on Lower Simcoe Street (source)
In The Star today, they ask, “So, this is a cycling city?” in response to a rather frustrating article about police inaction with taxis parked on the new bike lanes on Lower Simcoe Street, first brought to light on Duncan’s City Ride.
So given the slow action on the City’s bike lane network, the continuous fight...
This Metropass connects you worldwide
spotted in window of Six Penny Variety at Bloor and Euclid
Generally, I ignore the dozens of poorly designed phone card advertisements that are plastered on the window of every corner store, but this was one that caught my eye. This MetroPass (TTC uses Metropass) probably won’t get you on the TTC, but lets you phone world wide without connection fees! Amazing! And you’ve got to love...
Public transit over free cars, always.
In Peter Shawn Taylor’s opinion piece (“Public transit or a free car? The choice should be obvious”, The Record, March 4, 2010), an interesting and controversial assertion was made that it may be a better use of public money earmarked for a rapid transit line in Waterloo Region to purchase Priuses for the poor. This opinion is founded on common misconceptions and misunderstanding of the role of...