It’s been a few years since I’ve written anything about John Tory, so I figured I would take a break from stressing over the decline of Civilization into anarchy and check in on him. Before we look at Toronto of today, lets look at what I last had to say
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The Wandering Joe: Keeping up with the Torys
It’s been a few years since I’ve written anything about John Tory, so I figured I would take a break from stressing over the decline of Civilization into anarchy and check in on him. Before we look at Toronto of today, lets look at what I last had to say
Continue readingMichal Rozworski: The road tolls for thee
Last week, Toronto mayor Join Tory announced a plan to toll two major Toronto highways, the Gardiner and the DVP. The city is starved for cash with huge shortfalls for both infrastructure (new housing, new transit lines) and even everyday operating expenses. Tolls are supposed to help close this gap.
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: The Globe and Mail: Wind Mobile brings cell service to Toronto subways
Great news for subway commuters users in Toronto, and yet another reason to escape the high prices and rampant abuse of the Big Three as new options become viable for CanadiansWe hope that other providers will follow Wind’s lead, and that the CRTC and Industry Canada will take bold steps
Continue readingOn Last Night’s News: My thoughts on the TTC fare increase
I appeared on Global News Toronto last night on behalf of TTC Riders to offer a few comments on the TTC fare increase coming into effect this weekend. Even though they spelled my name wrong, I was happy to have some good quotes make it into the online and broadcast
Continue readingAutonomy For All: The Forest On Chow’s Bus Pledge Problems
How did we let our bus fleet get into this bad a shape and why is Chow the only “major” candidate proposing anything to fix it? The Toronto Star has today published a piece finding problems in the feasibility of Olivia Chow’s promise to improve bus ser…
Continue readingAutonomy For All: The Forest On Chow’s Bus Pledge Problems
How did we let our bus fleet get into this bad a shape and why is Chow the only “major” candidate proposing anything to fix it? The Toronto Star has today published a piece finding problems in the feasibility of Olivia Chow’s promise to improve bus service if elected Mayor.
Continue readingAutonomy For All: The Forest On Chow’s Bus Pledge Problems
How did we let our bus fleet get into this bad a shape and why is Chow the only “major” candidate proposing anything to fix it? The Toronto Star has today published a piece finding problems in the feasibility of Olivia Chow’s promise to improve bus service if elected Mayor.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Oops!
But at least young Tim manages to retain his boyish grin during yet another campaign gaffe. Recommend this Post
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: T.O. Bus Drivers Talk Ford Scandal
Got a friendly bus driver last evening. He apologized profusely, on behalf of the City of Toronto and the TTC itself, for the fact that no less than three (3) buses on route #___ had suffered breakdowns. And could we all please move back. He kept it up with the
Continue readingAutonomy For All: What a Free Market Municipal Transit "System" Looks Like
Former Rob Ford chief of Staff Mark Towhey gained some notoriety in the 2010 mayor’s race for a blog post he wrote prior to joining Ford’s team where he advocated the city simply shut down the TTC and sell off whatever assets that anyone wants to buy.&…
Continue readingAutonomy For All: What a Free Market Municipal Transit "System" Looks Like
Former Rob Ford chief of Staff Mark Towhey gained some notoriety in the 2010 mayor’s race for a blog post he wrote prior to joining Ford’s team where he advocated the city simply shut down the TTC and sell off whatever assets that anyone wants to buy. For anyone familiar
Continue readingAutonomy For All: What a Free Market Municipal Transit "System" Looks Like
Former Rob Ford chief of Staff Mark Towhey gained some notoriety in the 2010 mayor’s race for a blog post he wrote prior to joining Ford’s team where he advocated the city simply shut down the TTC and sell off whatever assets that anyone wants to buy. For anyone familiar
Continue readingAutonomy For All: What Might A Finch Subway Look Like?
Rob Ford says he wants to replace the in-flight project to build the Finch Ave West LRT with a subway. No details of any plan have been released. What could such a subway look like? First, here is the planned Finch LRT, running between a yet-to-be-built subway station at Finch
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: TTC to Customer: We Take Your Complaint Seriously …
But we won’t tell you if we did anything about it. Recommend this Post
Continue readingRedBedHead: Rob Ford Isnt The Mayor, He’s A Reality TV Show
Cue circus music: “It’s the Rob Ford Show” OK, OK, I get the joke now. For most of the last two years I’ve watched in horror as our metropolis was being run like a bingo game for compulsive cheaters. It was bad enough that his raison d’etre seemed to be
Continue readingNunc Scio: Count me in for “OneCity”
By now you’ve probably heard about TTC Chair Karen Stintz (pictured) and Councilor Glenn DeBaeremaeker mega-plan for transity in Toronto- OneCity. Royson James has all the details over at the Star, so I won’t rehash them here. But in short – subways, LRT, and a plan that actually works for
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Ontario Budget Attempts to Privatize Public Transit and other Public Services
From TTC Riders site: Just as we savour our victory in winning back four Light Rail Transit lines for Toronto, an even greater threat is presenting itself—two provincial government initiatives that may foster privatization of our public transit systems. They are: 1) Schedule 28 (The Government Services and Service Providers Act, 2012), which is a
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Toronto’s Queen Streetcar – Movie Monday
So, this week our illustrious movie maker William Matthews, over at www.digitialfootprint.ca, and I wanted to do something a little different for Movie Monday. Thus, we set out on our 1 and a half hour journey (really, more like 5 hours) from the west end of our fair city all
Continue readingDriving The Porcelain Bus: Coward Rob Ford Leaves Chaos In His Wake
Today, Toronto mayor Rob Ford bolted and ran when he saw that he could not win the day. He left a fractured and confused City Hall in his wake. This mayor is finding by not working to gain a consensus, by not being willing to listen to reason, by not
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