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A 72 Year Crossing at Yonge and Bloor

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STREET SCENE: Linux Cafe

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Farm Friday: Evergreen Brick Works

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SPACING VOTES WEEKLY: Coach Ford, Smitherman walks & a heated TV debate

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SPACING RADIO: Smitherman talks walking, while walking

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IDEAS FOR TORONTO: Infrastructure referendums

The Toronto City Summit Alliance held a roundtable...

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Bike parking takes over car parking spaces

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Cities for People — New Toronto design intervention

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LORINC: Greenwashing by any other name

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World Wide Wednesday: Maps, Trains, Trikes and Three Million on the A40

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Tuesday’s Headlines

Mayoral Race
• George Smitherman's long, scripted march [ Toronto Star ]
• Mayoral candidate proposes fast-tracking good building designs [ Toronto Star ]
• Keep David Miller's program [ Toronto Star ]
• George Smitherman: Firm stride, uncertain compass [ Globe & Mail ]
• Peter Kuitenbrower: Curious George (Smitherman) goes for a walk [ National Post ]

Transit
• Jarvis lane change puzzles drivers on bikes and in cars [ Toronto Star ]
• We're number two! [ Toronto Sun ]

G20 Aftermath
• Police arrest seven more 'most wanted' from G20 suspects [ Toronto Star ]
• Bail decision expected on G20 explosives charges [ Toronto Star ]

Eco Fees
• Liberals hear consumers' cry, vow to retool eco-fee [ Toronto Star ]
• Grits backtrack on eco fees [ Toronto Sun ]
• Eco fee confusion grows [ Toronto Sun ]

Other News
• City wrong to pay councillors' legal tab [ Toronto Star ]
• The solar panel divide [ Toronto Star ]
• OPP probing corruption by staff in at least three ministries [ Toronto Star ]
• Vaughan mayor hails 'new era' as election date looms [ Globe & Mail ]
• Niagara ads depicts Toronto as a cramped, noisy and ugly city [ National Post ]
• Internet jokesters disqualified from condo-naming contest [ National Post ]
• Beach bathrooms brutal: Levy [ Toronto Sun ]
• Yonge building still in shambles [ Toronto Sun ]

 

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A couple of stories from the business section with implications on how we travel and do everyday shopping (and how those shops are designed) downtown:

Parking rates up in Canada even during the downturn [Toronto Star]

Longo’s set to open largest urban store [Toronto Star]

Comment by Brent
July 20, 2010 | 9:52 am

There is no reason why our parking rates should be lower than Calgary's. We have a far more extensive rapid and commuter transit network into and out of the core. Cities like Calgary, Ottawa, and Vancouver have additional parking levies to help fund transit. The result is lower fares and higher per capita ridership into their CBDs.

Comment by Ben Smith
July 20, 2010 | 7:35 pm
 
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