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

Greater Toronto Area

• All Fired Up In The Big Smoke post, “BREAKING: Another pandering politician”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Union Station’s Bay Concourse closing… for redevelopment”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “Union Station’s Bay St. concourse closed… until 2017”, here.
• CityNews Toronto report, “Toronto police make second upskirt arrest this week”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “Mulcair promises progress on the Scarborough subway”, here.
• InsideHalton.com article, “Town approves Oakville Transit 5-year plan”, here.
• InsideHalton.com article, “200 more parking spaces available at Bronte GO Station, Monday, Aug. 17”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “TTCriders pushes to build its membership after groundswell of support against raising transit fares”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “The Bazaar Bizarre Collective brings unique, large-scale art installations to Festival of South Asia”, here.
• Newstalk 1010 report, “Kinnear stepping down as head of TTC union”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “What do people do when they can’t afford storage fees and bylaws prevent them from parking an RV in their subdivision? Why, they park it at Ajax GO Station”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “But my bags, they are le tired”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “TTC Union Leader Stepping Down”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “Toronto man charged with voyeurism”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “Two women in serious condition after car collides with bus”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC union leader Bob Kinnear calls it quits”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “NDP would let Scarborough subway go ahead, Mulcair says”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “TTC union boss Bob Kinnear leaving”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “NDP signals show Scarborough subway is a go”, here.
• Toronto Sun commentary, “Adam Vaughan on Toronto transit plans”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Chow flip-flops on Scarborough subway”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Federal election shouldn’t derail Scarborough subway”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “TTC upskirt photo suspect arrested”, here.
• TTCriders.ca post, “This is outrageous: the City and the Province refuse to fairly fund the TTC, so the TTC Board is considering yet another fare hike”, “, here.
• TTCriders.ca post, “We’re facing fare hikes and lower service. Now is not the time to consider executive performance bonuses”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Crosstown LRT Construction Continues Above and Below Grade”, here.
• Urban Toronto post, “Capturing Union Station’s GO Bay Concourse Before It Transforms”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• Bradford Times article, “Blowing the whistle on train whistles”, here.
• Peterborough Examiner commentary, “Holiday transit is an essential”, here.