Category Archives: Elections

Tim Hudak Has A Plan (Updated)

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Steve

Updated October 16, 2012 at 8:30 pm: The Toronto Star reports that Tim Hudak has pledged to redirect all of the money earmarked for a Toronto LRT network to subway construction if he is elected Premier.  This is a truly … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Beyond 416, Elections, Transit, Urban Affairs | 70 Comments

Three Platforms, Little Promise (Update 4)

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Steve

Updated September 30, 2011 at 5:40pm:  Urban Toronto’s interview with Conservative transportation critic Frank Klees has now been posted. Updated September 29, 2011 at 2:35pm:  Urban Toronto’s interview with NDP transportation critic Cheri DiNovo has now been posted. Updated September … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Elections, Transit, Urban Affairs | 51 Comments

How Essential is the TTC?

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Steve

In the past week, the TTC board and City Council have voted to ask the Ontario government to make the TTC an “essential service”.  During the debate, this action was opposed by both the TTC’s management and union on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Finance, Service Cost and Quality, Transit, Urban Affairs | 37 Comments

Apologize, Now!

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Steve

In a piece of political theatre utterly unworthy of Toronto, Mayor Elect Rob Ford invited Don Cherry, a loudmouth sports celebrity who is paid a small fortune to pontificate about hockey, to address the inaugural meeting of Council today.  Cherry … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Urban Affairs | 48 Comments

Rejigging Transit City

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Steve

The entire purpose of this post is to hold comments dealing with possible alternate transit plans that were originally left in the thread “Why I’m Voting For George”.  That thread is becoming polluted with issues that are far from the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Elections, Transit | 64 Comments

Why I’m Voting For George

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Steve

On September 25, 2009, David Miller announced that he would not seek a third term in office leaving many, including me, in a state of shock and mourning for the incomplete work of his Mayoralty. TTC Chair Adam Giambrone picked … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Urban Affairs | 104 Comments

Vital Signs 2010

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Steve

Today the Toronto Community Foundation released its “Vital Signs” report for 2010. The report reviews many aspects of Toronto’s economy using that word broadly — hard services like transportation, the benefits of environmental and cultural initiatives, the challenges faced by … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Transit, Urban Affairs | 6 Comments

Has Transit Short-Changed Toronto?

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Steve

Toronto’s election campaign has produced two real stinkers in the Mayoralty race.  Rob Ford wants a few subway extensions, elimination of streetcars and everyone else left to buses.  Rocco Rossi would sell Toronto Hydro, use the supposed proceeds to build … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Transit | 111 Comments

Rob Ford Wants a Few Subways, But Mainly Buses (Updated)

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Steve

Updated September 9, 2010 at 10:15pm: The Toronto Sun cites Rob Ford’s “transit policy guru” Mark Towhey in a followup article to the Ford transit platform.  Oddly enough, Towhey’s own blog post, an inaccurate rant about the TTC from February … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Transit | 137 Comments

A Note to Would-Be Politicians

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Steve

I have received a few comments from candidates for various offices. Please note that I do not intend to post any of these unless they bear directly on the issue where they appear, and then are comments on the issue … Continue reading →

Posted in About, Elections, Urban Affairs | 15 Comments