[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: winter, TTC, Regent Park, Scarborough

[rfmcdonald]

• Toronto has been intensely cold this weekend past, continuing today. I can say, from my fortunate position, that it has at least been beautiful, bright blue skies and clean white snow. CBC reports.


• Transit Toronto examines the press reports about plans for accelerating Downtown Relief Line construction.


• CBC Toronto reports on how parents in Regent Park find local community rec programs are being overwhelmed by non-residents, people from other neighbourhoods.


• Aparita Bhandari at The Discourse writes about problems with the Scarborough Health Network.


• CBC interviews TTC users in Scarborough to see what they would want from the TTC. Do they even want a subway, and why?


• Jennifer Pagliaro at the Toronto Star seems skeptical of the idea that land sales above the Scarborough subway extension could provide a substantial contribution to funding, given construction patterns and land prices.