Posted on November 18, 2007 by thegtapatriot
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion has backed down over her attempt to supplant the “One Cent Now” campaign led by Toronto Mayor David Miller to wring one cent of the federal GST from Ottawa to fund Canadian municipalities. Ms. McCallion emerged from a lengthy meeting today of the mayors of Ontario’s 15 biggest cities to announce [...]
Filed under: GTA Issues, GTA Politics | Tagged: 1 cent, cities, city, David Miller, funding, GST, Hazel McCallion, Mississauga mayor, One Cent Now, Ottawa, Toronto | No Comments »
Posted on November 18, 2007 by thegtapatriot
With the amount of vehicle interference in the downtown area once again the issues of streetcars has surfaced. With the need to improve transit, the debate over mixed traffic and streetcars, now and again pops up with the discussion turning to the old idea of a Queen Streetcar Subway. Unfortunately there is just too much [...]
Filed under: GTA Development, GTA Environment, GTA Issues, Public Transit | Tagged: Adelaide, ALRV, CLRV, David Miller, Downview Subway, King, King Street, King Streetcar, LRT, Queen, Queen Street, Queen Streetcar, Queen Subway, Richmond Street, right-of-way, ROW, Sheppard Subway, streetcar, Subway, Toronto, Toronto Council, Toronto Transit Commission, Transit City, Transit Mall, TTC, Viva, York University, YRT | No Comments »
