[URBAN NOTE] Four notes about the changes and failures of Toronto: food banks, sidewalks, transit

[rfmcdonald]

• Visits to food banks in Toronto have returned to Great Recession levels, Global News notes.


• Torontoist notes that the reluctance to build sidewalks in lower-density areas has serious negative consequences.


• The photos blogTO shares of some Toronto intersections a century ago are remarkable. (There was nothing at many.)


• Jennifer Pagliaro states the obvious in the Toronto Star: mass transit planning is driven by short-term political convenience, not long-term planning.