December 2010
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19,000 Cyclists in Downtown Toronto Every Day →
This study is great. I couldn’t believe the number was this high! Check it out on blogto: http://www.blogto.com/city/2010/12/how_many_cyclists_ride_in_downtown_toronto_per_day/
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What Toronto Light Rail Could Look Like →
I just picked up on this post from torontoist, “What Would Light Rail Be Like?”. They also have a followup post, “What Else Would Light Rail Be Like?”. Both worth checking out if you’re interested in finding out just how different light rail is from current TTC streetcar operations, as well as light rail’s similarities to subways.
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Toronto of the 1970s →
On blogTO. Great post.
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“Rob Ford himself is not a smart individual; this would be forgivable (and...”
– Jonathan Goldsbie, The Slow Death of Transit City. National Post, Dec. 6. 2010.
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TTC info a perk for riders at coffee shop →
The beverage-and-bagel joint Mowat opened about five months ago features a wall-mounted screen displaying real-time information on the arrival times of the next four to six 506 Carleton streetcars, which stop just outside the door on Gerrard. On the Toronto Star.
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Ford is Serious About Stone Aging Transit...
Well, it looks like our new Council could very well roll back four years of planning and billions of dollars of committed funding so Rob Ford can go back to the drawing board on Transit City. (See the great G&M editorial here.)
I moved to Toronto in 2006, and in four years NOTHING NEW HAS BEEN BUILT, nothing has changed. This will be four more years wasted, if not more: New designs, new...