Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.

Greater Toronto Area

• CBC News Kitchener-Waterloo report, “GO should charge for parking, says provincially commissioned report”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “TTC workers urge Mayor John Tory to ‘keep transit public’”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Council votes against sending Scarborough subway questions to executive”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “Metrolinx moving ahead with plans to electrify GO train service”, here.
• CP24 report, “Ministry of Labour investigating after industrial accident on GO tracks”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “‘Life hacks’ for living in Toronto: From cheap beer to TTC tips”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “Transit to be discussed at Toronto city council”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “Council votes to move ahead with Scarborough subway”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Rob Ford leads charge against John Tory’s transit plan”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Residents and TTC staff argue over potential impact of McNicoll bus garage”, here.
• Market Wired press release, “Surprise! You Can Live by the Subway and Save Serious Cash”, here.
• Metro Toronto’s Tory’s Toronto post, “Toronto transit: Kill the half-baked ideas and get some real answers from council”, here.
• National Post article, “Toronto still in ‘honeymoon’ phase with John Tory as mayor’s approval rating hits 72 per cent”, here.
• National Post opinion panel, “Is it better to live with the Scarborough subway folly or have no progress at all?”, here.
• Railway Age post, “Scarborough LRT cancelation cost cited”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “A Few Questions About Scarborough”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640, “Cost of Cancelling Scarborough LRT Reportedly $75M”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640, “Transit Takes Front Seat at Tuesday’s City Hall Meeting”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640, “Metrolinx Begins Looking At Electric Trains”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Council shelves questions about Scarborough subway costs”, here.
• Toronto Star letter, “LRT will keep SmartTrack on track”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Metrolinx starts shopping for electric trains”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Reduce TTC fares, feed 1.7m kids: alternatives for $75 million”, here.
• Toronto Star fixer, “Overhead heaters not so hot at Rouge Hill GO station”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Scarborough subway ridership and costs are unsolved mysteries”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Toronto city manager agreed to $75 million in LRT cancellation costs”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “No more contracting out at TTC”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Tory gets rough ride from TTC workers”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Ford, Tory square off in council”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• AM900 CHML report, “Hamilton GO expansion will come at a big cost”, here.
• CKTB News report, “The cost of expanding GO Transit”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator article, “GO Train extension to Stoney Creek will cost $150 million”, here.
• Raise the Hammer post, “What Does Hamilton Know that Waterloo Region Does Not?”, here.
• Raise the Hammer post, “Just Do Something to Improve Transit”, here.