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

Greater Toronto Area

• 680 All News Radio report, “Video: Ford & Tory face off over transit”, here.
• All Fired Up In The Big Smoke post, “Sick of Transit Inglorious Bumbling”, here.
• BlogTO post, “An insider’s guide to the secrets of the TTC”, here.
• Canadian Press article (from the CityNews Toronto website), “Teamsters serve strike notice on CP Rail, could walk off the job Sunday”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “Construction explosion at Liberty Village site sends 1 to hospital”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “Toronto council votes to spend $1.65M on SmartTrack research”, here.
• Durham Radio News report, “Paratransit agencies teaming up to make cross-boundary travel easier”, here.
• DurhamRegion.com article, “Pan Am Games mean carpool lanes on Hwy. 401 in Durham”, here.
• DurhamRegion.com article, “Global economy needs watching says federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver in Whitby” (includes “Mayors, Chairmen don’t support political rep on Metrolinx board”), here.
• DurhamRegion.com article, “Durham bus driver [spat] on, suspect arrested after being tasered”, here.
• DurhamRegion.com article, “Roads, transit, internet on agenda of Scugog mayor Tom Rowett”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “Council votes to move ahead with Scarborough subway”, here.
• Global News Toronto report, “John Tory, Rob Ford clash over SmartTrack in City Council”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Tory secures money to study feasibility of SmartTrack”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Toronto Council shelves Matlow’s Scarborough subway inquiries”, here
• National Post article, “Toronto city council approves additional $1.6 million for SmartTrack feasibility study”, here.
• Newstalk 1010 report, “Toronto city council approves extra $1.6 million to study SmartTrack”, here.
• Oshawa Express article, “A wish list for Ottawa”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “GO Transit president blames commuters for breaking gotransit.com Monday”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “These kinds of situations require a call to security”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “My reaction when my train left on time this morning”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “SmartTrack Study Approved by Council”, here.
• Torontoist post, “Public Works: Maps for the Blind”, here.
• Torontoist post, “Spotted: The People Want Jetpacks”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Council approves $1.6 million more to study SmartTrack”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “SmartTrack gets sober study, while subway gets a shrug”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Council buries Matlow request for more Scarborough subway info”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Ford, Tory square off over SmartTrack”, here.
• Toronto Sun column, “Ford the burr in Tory’s saddle”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Mississauga Transitway and GO terminal progressing”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Photo of the Day: Above Yonge Street”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “A First Look at Plans for 47-Storey 55 Eglinton East”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• Bullet News Niagara article, “Falls staff says municipal assets need to be replaced”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator editorial, “GO extension eastward pricey, but essential”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator article, “Smart Commute hopes businesses will jump on board to ease gridlock during games”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator commentary, “Please, just do something”, here.
• The Fountain Pen post, “GCC Supports GO Train Service Expansion”, here.