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Extra, Extra: A War on Street Parties, A War on Bus Lanes, and A War on Bad Streetcar Manners
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- “We appear to have put ourselves at the mercy of every interest group, ethnic group and splinter group.” Jan Wong, writing in Toronto Life, says that she likes street festivals just fine; she just likes not being mildly inconvenienced while driving more.
- On a related note, preserve your sanity and don’t read this Joe Warmington column in the Sun about GO Transit’s new bus-only Don Valley Parkway lanes. Seriously. Don’t.
- At least Bixi’s got five hundred members signed up—that’s half the number they need by November 30 to launch the bike-sharing program here.
- And one new Torontonian took to Reddit to ask about proper streetcar etiquette, and got sixty-two comments on everything from how to use transfers to how to not get hit by cars while getting on or off the streetcar.
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