March 4th, 2010
Thursday’s headlines
By Katia Snukal // 1 Comment
CITY SERVICES
• Private transit less rare than you'd think [ Toronto Star ]
• How the Swedes are making it work [ Toronto Star ]
• Outsourcing: Where councillors stand [ Toronto Star ]
• You got served [ Eye Weekly ]
MAYORAL RACE
• Is the city heading in the right direction? [ National Post ]
• James: Candidates in a race to the right [ Toronto Star ]
• Rossi sketches out city priorities [ Toronto Sun]
• Rossi speech slams Smitherman [ Toronto Star ]
• Pinning them down [ Globe & Mail ]
NEIGHBOURHOODS / COMMUNITIES
• Travelling Buddies [ Eye Weekly ]
• Porter: Women say goodbye lawns ... hello crops [ Toronto Star ]
OTHER NEWS
• Only death will keep me from re-offering, McCallion says [ National Post ]
• City staff oppose King West tower [ National Post ]
• City Hall: "Time to put the lies to rest." [ Now Magazine ]
• Cut-crazy Tory fans crash budget debate [ Now Magazine ]
• The Fixer: Escalator not the better way at York Mills TTC station [ Toronto Star ]
• Port Authority wants more say in fate of silos [ Globe & Mail ]
• U of T students to vote on new pool for Pan Am Games [ Globe & Mail ]
• Hybrid cabs show promise: Study [ Toronto Sun ]
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From the Toronto Star's article on Stockholm contracting out transit services:
"Through competitive tendering, whereby companies compete for the right to operate the transit service, the city has brought operating costs down by 25 per cent, for an annual savings of $240 million for the municipality."
This is how you save money without giving away public infrastructure to the private sector. It's how we're going to have to trim budgets in Toronto. Cutting the tiny amount we devote to things like culture and aesthetics is just going to cheapen the city to provincial city levels and discourage tourism and talent from coming to the city.
Comment by A.R.
March 4, 2010 | 10:36 pm