Still a subway to nowhere?
Construction booms, but opinions remain sharply divided as the often-derided Sheppard line turns 5

November 24, 2007
IVOR TOSSELL
Special to the Star

The futuristic chrome plating in Sheppard-Yonge station already looks a little scuffed. But it was only five years ago - Nov. 22, 2002 - that then-mayor Mel Lastman cut the ribbon to open Toronto's northern east-west subway line, accompanied by a phalanx of dignitaries, reporters, children and musicians. Even the U of T's infamously discordant engineering department band came out to crash the event in the former North York, piling onto the subway cars with tubas and drums in tow...

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Transit-first street plan hailed -
In a first, Cherry St. to get separate streetcar right-of-way on east side
December 11, 2007
Tess Kalinowski
TRANSPORTATION REPORTER

It is being hailed as a success in neighbourhood-building where, as yet, no neighbourhood exists.
The plan for Cherry St. in the West Don Lands development area achieves two firsts, according to local politicians and residents:
It puts the needs of transit riders, pedestrians and cyclists ahead of motorists...

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Waterfront plan would tear down east Gardiner
$300-million proposal to be unveiled Friday
JEFF GRAY AND JENNIFER LEWINGTON

From Friday's Globe and Mail

May 30, 2008 at 3:21 AM EDT

TORONTO - The Gardiner Expressway should be torn down east of Jarvis Street to make way for the dramatic rejuvenation of the city's waterfront, according to a proposal being pushed by Mayor David Miller.

The plan, which would replace the eastern and less-used section of the Gardiner with a University-Avenue-style boulevard, would cost more than $300-million, according to one official familiar with the proposal.

Waterfront Toronto, the joint city-provincial-federal development agency that has long been accused by critics of dragging its feet, will outline the plans at a news conference this morning...

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People cannot stay at home with their cars parked as a way of earning enough to buy an HDTV or a sports coat
By Terence Corcoran
Posted: July 23, 2008, 7:44 PM
Terence Corcoran, gasoline prices
Financial Post
Terence Corcoran is Editor of the Financial Post.

According to some of our leading Bay Street economists, Canadians are"parking their cars" to avoid paying high gasoline prices. Doug Porter, of BMO Capital Markets, said "drivers really did park it in the face of soaring prices. "Canadians, wrote one reporter paraphrasing another economist, "are choosing to stay off the roads whenever possible." Auto stats guru Dennis Desrosiers estimated that the average Canadian is driving 800 kilometres less per year...

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Traffic fatalities driven down by high gas prices
JOAN LOWY
THESTAR.COM
Aug 25, 2008

WASHINGTON–Roll back the clock to 1961: John F. Kennedy was inaugurated president. The Peace Corps was founded.
The Dow Jones industrials hit 734. Gasoline reached 31 cents a gallon...

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Next stop: Toronto's transportation future

It'll take more than tinkering to unclog the GTA's roads and rails. This summer, Metrolinx is set to unveil a sweeping game plan for rescuing the 416 and the 905 from traffic hell. Can it work? Plus, we asked you what should be done, and you told us. To see what riders really want, turn to M5 0

ELLY GRANT
May 10, 2008

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080510.MUNRO10/TPStory/TPEntertainment/Ontario/

Windsor is running out of gas

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080419.TURNER19/TPStory/?query=chris+turner/

TTC to consider relief line by 2018, chief says

http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=448203

No time to procrastinate

http://www.thestar.com/article/415763

A model city for sane transportation

http://www.thestar.com/printArticle/414977

Off to work in the fast lane

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/415371