[URBAN NOTE] Five notes about mass transit and development: Toronto, New York, Sydney

[rfmcdonald]

• At Torontoist, a Scarborough transit group notes locals don't know of the negative implications of the one-stop subway extension.


• Did Metrolinx succumb to political pressure in deciding to locate two new GO stations? The Toronto Star reports.


• CBC describes how Bombardier lost a contract with New York City to sell cars on the basis of its terrible performance in Toronto.


• The New York Times describes how legislators in New York State outside of New York City control the metropolis' mass transit system, evoking for me Ontario and Metrolinx.


• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw notes how light rail development in Greater Sydney is driving a property boom.