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Matt Elliott Profile picture
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Sep 15, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Wow, ActiveTO expands for final two Sundays of September. Yonge Street open to cyclists, pedestrians (and closed to cars) between Queens Quay & Davenport, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Image
Disappointing news: the closure to cars — and opening for pedestrians and cyclists — of Yonge Street planned for Sunday has been pretty dramatically scaled back. A partial closure will now extend only from Queens Quay to Dundas. Image
Original release touted an open-to-everyone (but cars) route on Yonge from Queens Quay to Davenport. Per the OpenStreetsTO instagram account: “A few things emerged over the last couple of days that required the shortening of the route. Still lots of space to enjoy and have fun!”
“Amended route requested by Toronto Police”

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Nov 13
Toronto Council meets today! Mayor Olivia Chow has set rental housing incentives as her top key matter, so that will be debated first after the usual housekeeping and introductions.

The meeting is streaming live here. I'll post happenings.
Also on the agenda: Doug Ford's bike lane ban, a hotel tax hike for funding FIFA, and a renovictions bylaw. I had a full preview of the agenda in Friday's free edition of City Hall Watcher. toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/has-don-vall…
A quick programming note: if you'd like to spend less time on this platform — I don't blame you! — this thread is being cross-posted to two others: BlueSky and Mastodon. Find me using the same handle there.
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Jul 24
Toronto Council meets today! It’s the final regular meeting before the summer recess so there’s lots to deal with. The mayor has set an item about speeding up Gardiner construction as the first order of business.

Streaming live here. I’ll post happenings.
The news on the Gardiner is that the province is kicking in another $73 million to get work on the current phase done a year earlier (if all goes well — a big if). Would be finished in 2026 versus 2027. thestar.com/news/gta/gardi…
For a preview of all the other big items on the agenda, including the Science Centre, accountability reports, a bushel of housing-related items and, well, rats, this week’s issue of my newsletter has you covered. toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/chw289
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Jun 26
Toronto Council meets today! It’s the one-year anniversary of Mayor Olivia Chow’s election, so maybe there’ll be cake? TBD. First item on the agenda is set to be the creation of a new renovictions bylaw.

I will post happenings, and it’ll stream live here:
For a full preview of the agenda, check out this week’s edition of my City Hall Watcher newsletter. Other items up for debate include a new rental housing supply plan, the bike network strategy, Sankofa Square and more. toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/chw285
A bit of rueful laughter in the council chamber during O Canada as the standard glossy video of Toronto landmarks shows an aerial shot of the Science Centre. Guess they’ll need to plan for a re-edit.
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Feb 14
It’s a B-Day on V-Day. Toronto Council meets today for a special Valentine’s budget meeting.

We’re expecting changes to Mayor Chow’s budget, including more suburban snow plowing and more police spending.

I will post things. It’s streaming live here:
The big news is that Mayor Olivia Chow has indicated she’ll support a motion to put $12.6 million into the police budget, matching the board request. This is a pretty significant climbdown for the mayor, who had seemed pretty resolute. thestar.com/news/gta/mayor…
This battle was always more symbolic than substantive. $12.6 million is less than 1% of police spending. It’s less than 0.1% of city spending. It’s a level of money you typically find in a variance report. Public safety will not hinge on this amount.
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Feb 6
Council meets today! It’s a pre-budget appetizer of a meeting, with debates on noise, bus lanes and sledding. Yes, like tobogganing. It’s a magical world, ol’ buddy, let’s go exploring.

I’ll be posting things that happen.

The meeting live stream is here:
I’ve got a full preview of the agenda in last Friday’s issue of the newsletter, complete with this cool archive photo.

Mayor Olivia Chow has set the RapidTO bus lane plan as her first key matter, so that should be up first, barring any changes.

toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/council-tobo…
We start with a few notes. Councillor Fletcher pays tribute after the passing of her longtime executive assistant Susan Serran. Councillor Moise welcomes us to Black History Month. Mayor Chow offers congratulations to retiring City of Toronto Controller Andrew Flynn.
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Sep 27, 2023
Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster announces he CAN’T announce a new opening date for the Eglinton Crosstown. He says he has a good sense of the schedule, but builder Crosslinx still finding “issues and defects that require additional time” so he’s made choice not to offer a date. Wow.
Metrolinx CEO says there will now be updates every two months on the progress of the Crosstown line. So maybe in two months we’ll get an opening date? Maybe! But maybe not! Schrödinger's LRT.
To recap: In early Aug, Verster said he’d provide range of opening dates by end of summer. Last week, Metrolinx acknowledged they’d miss that deadline. Metrolinx later scheduled an announcement for today, where dates were expected. But the announcement is there is no announcement
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