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

Greater Toronto Area

• BlogTO post, “The Toronto Island airport tunnel will open on July 30”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “TTC passengers want 6 a.m. weekend subway service to stay”, here.
• DurhamRegion.com article, “UOIT study looks for solutions to GTA traffic and congestion problems”, here.
• Financial Post article, “With twice the debt of California, Ontario is now the world’s most indebted sub-sovereign borrower”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Cities want more money and new tools to raise it”, here.
• Metro Toronto article, “TTC riders want early subway hours maintained after Pan Am”, here.
• Newstalk 1010 report, “Weekend may have been the busiest weekend ever for GO Transit”, here.
• Toronto Star editorial, “There’s still time to axe the Scarborough subway extension”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Brampton mayor’s LRT plan woefully short of riders”, here.).
• Toronto Star column, “TTC route map takes an unexpected detour, to the ground: Fixer”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• Cambridge Times article, “Region eyes 2.7 per cent tax hike for 2016”, here.
• Cambridge Times article, “Careless driving charge laid after crash involving Grand River Transit bus”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Cambridge mayor pitches new rail bypass line to boost GO service”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “SUV runs red, 2 cars and Grand River Transit bus hit in Cambridge”, here.
• CTV News Kitchener report, “King - Wellington intersection closure frustrates businesses”, here.
• gokw.org post, “VIA proposes new train - Stratford to Toronto and return”, here.
• gokw.org post, “And more service to Sarnia”, here.
• gokw.org post, “Back to the future: When rails ran down Caroline Street in [Waterloo]”, here.
• Guelph Mercury article, “Talks to begin on student bus pass hike”, here.
• Guelph Mercury article, “Guelph Transit lockout one year ago this month still fresh for drivers”, here.
• Guelph Mercury article, “Clean Air bus program a success”, here.
• Kitchener Post article, “Last 70 LRT expropriations”, here.
• Kitchener Post article, “LRT land deal struck with malls”, here.
• Waterloo Chronicle article, “Preserving the ambience of uptown”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Light rail headquarters taking shape in Waterloo”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record column, “Road Ahead: Rail transit is not spurring commercial growth, building permit records show”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “When is a road closure really a road closure?”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record editorial, “Signs of confusion disrupt the region”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Region will pave roads at night to ease traffic jams from construction”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Kitchener LRT stop redesigned due to swastika resemblance”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “LRT detour: King-Wellington intersection closes for construction in Kitchener”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Kitchener’s Borden-Courtland intersection closes again for LRT work”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “3 weeks of trench work starts on King Street LRT route in Kitchener”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Nothing fancy for Cambridge bus stops”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record article, “Kitchener has high debt, but says it has a plan to pay it down”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record editorial, “Region should work with Uber”, here.