THE CITY: Sheppard LRT delay has this councillor thrilled
Scarborough-Mirror April 30, 2015 David Nickle
Jim Karygiannis, the new councillor for Scarborough-Agincourt Ward 39, had what to outsiders might seem a novel reaction to word that a major infrastructure improvement touching his ward was to be postponed, possibly indefinitely. He was, to use his own words, “ecstatic.”
TORONTO – Leaving the Sheppard LRT in limbo until at least 2021 sets the stage for another transit fight.
Councillor Jim Karygiannis said Tuesday that he’s “ecstatic” that construction of the LRT is being delayed until the Finch LRT is finished by 2021. He vowed to mobilize Scarborough residents to urge City Hall and Queen’s Park to finish the Sheppard subway instead of building the light-rail line.
The Sheppard East light rail line might be on the back burner, but the shift in provincial transit priorities could bring another old transit debate to the foreground: namely, the old Sheppard subway.
Residents of the Kensington Market, Grange, and Harbord Village neighbourhoods shared their views about local rooming houses Monday night in the second of 14 neighbourhood consultation sessions the City has planned on the contentious issue between April 7 and May 7.
Toronto Sun April 02, 2015 Don Peat,
TORONTO – Councillors nixed a move by Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong to try to salvage a mandatory conversion deadline for taxicab licences.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/idea-of-broader-look-at-toronto-taxi-regulation-shot-down-by-council/article23784108/
The Globe and Mail
Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong’s attempt to have the city take a broad look at taxi regulation was shot down by council on Thursday, leaving the controversial issue to advance piecemeal in the coming months.
The councillors leading the opposition to Mr. Minnan-Wong are members of a city hall committee that is trying to wash away some of the most bitterly debated changes of previous rounds of taxi reforms.
City councillor Jim Karygiannis said he will likely introduce a motion at next month’s council meeting to have the popular car-hailing app Uber removed from city-owned Smartphones.
