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

Greater Toronto Area

• All Fired Up In The Big Smoke post, “The Defeat Device”, here.
• BlogTO post, “Toronto might kill rush hour parking on streetcar routes”, here.
• BlogTO post, “TTC subway stations to get bike-repair facilities”, here.
• Brampton Guardian article, “Transit and transportation rank high on election priority list for local voters”, here.
• Canadian Cycling Magazine blog post, “When your bike is busted, head to the subway… to fix it”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “TTC launches bike repair stations at 10 subway stops”, here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “Hydro One: 6 reasons why the sale is going to happen”, here.
• CP24 report, “Select subway stations now equipped with bike repair areas”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “Harper says Conservatives will continue to support TTC expansion”, here.
• Globe and Mail commentary, “”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “TTC board forgoes viewing SmartTrack report; will be presented to Mayor John Tory’s Executive Committee Oct. 20”, here.
• InsideToronto.com column, “TOinTRANSIT: Bike repair shops coming to 10 TTC stations”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Residents clearly fed up with graffiti on transparent noise barriers”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Elections promises made to date”, here.
• Installation International post, “X20 display network for Toronto’s new express train service” here.
• Leaside Life commentary, “I found Metrolinx duplicitous”, here.
• Mass Transit post, “York Viva BRT Expansion Reaches Major Milestone”, here.
• Metro Toronto article, “Toronto activist fighting to keep billboards off highways”, here.
• Metro Toronto’s Your Ride: Toronto post, “Running a deficit to pay for transit not such a bad thing”, here.
• National Post article, “TTC supervisor Richard Lee’s new book, Get Onboard, details a day in the life of a transit operator”, here.
• National Post commentary, “Union Pearson express — The train Toronto loves to hate”, here.
• National Post article, “Uber has ‘already won the battle’ against taxis, Toronto-based researcher says in new poll”, here.
• NOW article, “NDP unveils national climate plan”, here.
• Oshawa Express article, “Metrolinx and Kids’ Safety Village renew partnership”, here.
• Post City Toronto article, “Complete streets trend gaining momentum in 905 with new bus and bike lanes”, here.
• Progressive Railroading post, “Kinnear named president of Amalgamated Transit Union Canada”, here.
• OR-Politics.com post, “TTC unveils bike repair facilities at 10 subway stations”, here.
• Spacing Toronto post, “How to stop billboard proliferation along our highways”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “A Frustrating Update on Transit Expansion Plans”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “TTC Service Changes Effective October 11, 2015”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “TTC Contemplates Fare Option Principles”, here.
• Talk Radio AM640 report, “The Unsuccessful UP Express and A Possible TTC Fare Hike”, here.
• Torontoist post, “City Council Preview: September - October 2015”, here.
• Torontoist post, “The Hybrid Gardiner, Revisited”, here.
• Torontoist post, “Extra, Extra: $150 Restaurant For Sale (Sort of), Councillor Calls Metrolinx ‘Duplicitous’, Ontario Demands Tax Money From Toronto”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC streetcar routes could get extended no parking hours”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC won’t subsidize regional fare integraton: board”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “Kvetching about UPX is premature”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Bury the Gardiner? Idea resurfaces at Toronto City Hall on Wednesday”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “Just kill the Gardiner - please”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “No simple answers when it comes to Toronto’s biggest problems”, here.
• Toronto Star column, “How Hydro One’s privatization reversed our political polarity”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “TTC equips 10 stations for bike repairs”, here.
• Toronto Sun column, “Mulcair’s cap-and-trade snow job”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Torontonians want Uber regulated”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• 570 News report, “[Kitchener] Mayor Vrabanovic encouraging us to push Feds to make all-day two-way a priority”, here.
• Hamilton Community News article, “Ontario Tory leader Patrick Brown says party has most diverse membership in province”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator column, “Pioneers of James Street North aren’t considered crazy anymore”, here.
• St. Catharines Standard column, “Not much to show for council’s Year 1”, here.