[URBAN NOTE] Six Toronto links: Y&E, shuttle, 1929 Labour Day, Liberty V, Port Lands, Chick-fil-A

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• Will a pedestrian death at Yonge and Eglinton lead to an easing of the nightmare for people faced with Eglinton Crosstown construction? blogTO ,a href="https://www.blogto.com/city/2019/09/yonge-eglinton-construction-pedestrian-nightmare/">reports.


• An automated shuttle is set to pilot in 2020 in east-end Toronto. Global News reports.


• Jamie Bradburn writes about the Labour Day celebrations in Toronto in 1929, here.


• blogTO notes the construction of a much-needed pedestrian bridge in Liberty Village, here.


• Guardian Cities notes official skepticism in Toronto over the Sidewalk Labs proposal in the Port Lands, here.


• Andrew Wheeler, writing in the Toronto Star, notes that the appearance of institutionally homophobic Chick-fil-A just a few minutes walk from Church and Wellesley, poses a threat that needs to be fought.