[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links, from gay Yonge and Dundas to transit woes to High Park high-rises

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• Daily Xtra notes that, in the 1930s, the shops of Yonge and Dundas supported a queer community. The tours described sound interesting.


• Torontoist's Tricia Wood arguesthat the proposed high speed rail route in southern Ontario is wasteful spending, reflecting a two-tier transit network.


• Steve Munro crunches data on the Queen Street route to find that buses have an advantage over streetcars.


• The Toronto Star's Ben Spurr notes that the TTC is planning to noticeably expand its express bus network.


• NOW Toronto's Lisa Ferguson writes about potential NIMBYism in the opposition to new high-rises in High Park.