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Bedford Paul Bedford stands at a vacant industrial site in Toronto. He says solid transit investment could turn around vacant and underused sites in Hamilton.

File photo/Toronto Star

TheSpec - Who’ll champion transit in Hamilton?: "Those advocating a big investment in Hamilton’s transit system say the project needs a political champion.

None was to be found at a workshop luncheon series Tuesday called Why Transit Matters! No Hamilton city, provincial or federal politician was in attendance."

Toronto — distilled to its essence - Quick Trips - MiamiHerald.com

Toronto — distilled to its essence - Quick Trips - MiamiHerald.com: "BY CARL FRANCIS PENDERS
ALBANY TIMES UNION
TORONTO -- This is a safe, clean, comfortable city. Its eclectic streets and scenic avenues appeal to your inner walker, and few parts are better to explore on foot than the automobile-free, pedestrian-friendly Distillery District."

The Urban Country Bicycle Blog: No Cars. No Traffic Signals. No Deaths.

The Urban Country Bicycle Blog: No Cars. No Traffic Signals. No Deaths.: "In fact, if not for motor vehicles, we wouldn’t need traffic signals or stop signs at all."

Public transit needs firm commitment from party leaders: CUTA

Public transit needs firm commitment from party leaders: CUTA: "'CUTA is pleased to see that each of the federal party leaders has made reference in support of transit; however, we remain concerned that transit has not been identified as a high-level priority,' said CUTA President & CEO Michael Roschlau.

'A long-term vision for public transit is critical in helping to tackle key national challenges currently facing Canadians, such as easing traffic congestion and gridlock, reducing emissions and improving quality of life,' said CUTA Chair, Charles Stolte. 'It plays a vital role in boosting Canadian cities' productivity and competitiveness, and accommodating population growth and a modal shift towards public transit.'"

Angry Finch commuters: ‘Tell the mayor to walk in our shoes’ - thestar.com

A queue of riders trying to get on the Finch West 36 bus on April 1, 2011.

COLIN MCCONNELL/TORONTO STAR

Angry Finch commuters: ‘Tell the mayor to walk in our shoes’ - thestar.com: "In this case, the Toronto mayor — notorious for his aversion to light-rail lines at street level — has cancelled a previously approved scheme that would have improved bus service on Finch with an 11-kilometre railway route connecting to the Spadina subway line.

As a result, the 40,000 daily riders who now have little choice but to endure the slow and unreliable bus service along Finch will have little choice but to continue to do so for many slow and unreliable years to come.

Christopher thinks she knows why the decision was made, and she has no qualms about expressing her thoughts to a Star reporter, who — it should be noted — is the only white person aboard this particular iteration of the 36 B Finch West bus."

Greater Toronto Workers' Assembly says NO FARE is FAIR

...All working people – all people, really – should have the right to mobility and shouldn’t have to pay for it like any commodity. It should also be accessible to all people and not doled out according to how much money you have, which part of the city you happen to live in, or whether or not you are living with a disability....

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Volunteers want LRT plan back on track | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun

Volunteers want LRT plan back on track | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto Sun: "“(Ford is) going to find that he’s going to really peev off a lot of these communities and a lot of these neighbourhoods that supported him.”

The mayor won’t have to look far for frustration.

“It’s really overcrowded and then what happens because of traffic you’ll see three buses lined up waiting to go and two of them will get filled and one will be empty,” said Vanessa Hunt, vice-president of campus life at York University.

“Then there will be no bus along the line for 45 minutes, and people are stuck in the cold waiting,” she said after a couple hours of door-knocking."