It was the first day on the job for Rob Ford, the new Toronto mayor who is the darling of the conservative right but who has Toronto's left feeling embarrassed about their city. On Ford's first day, he declared “Transit City is over“, in keeping with his commitment to kill Toronto's streetcars and outgoing Mayor David Miller's plan to build 120 km of light-rail transit (LRT) lines and go with subways.
Meanwhile in Calgary, the Calgary Sun reports that new Mayor Naheed Nenshi and his council cut parking fees at the city's LRT in a bid to boost use of that public transit service. As the Calgary Herald reports in its A1 lead this morning [print version impossible to find online], “The move comes during a week of budget deliberations where Calgary Transit looks increasingly to be a winner.”