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A pilot project stretching along Bloor Street from Shaw Street to Avenue Road could lead to the permanent implementation of a long-awaited east-west spine for Toronto’s cycling network. The City of Toronto is running the project, which will see cyclists have their own designated lane protected from traffic by posts and parking. Taking place throughout the summer, the pilot will determine the impacts of bike lanes along that stretch of Bloor on traffic, business and safety, among other factors. “Bloor Street has always been identified as an ideal location for bike lanes,” said TrinitySpadina councillor Joe Cressy. “It’s long, continuous, fairly flat and doesn’t have streetcar tracks.” Cressy noted the pilot project will come about after much discussion with local residents, cycling advocates and businesses. He pointed out in other cities, bike lanes have been shown to increase business, as people can pop in and out of stores without >>>STUDY, page 6

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Robert Lubinski and Adam Zhelka of the Toronto Transportation Society and co-curators of Tunnel Vision subway history exhibit at Market Village, stand at the exhibit on the second floor of the St. Lawrence Market.

Subway exhibit offers up 100 years of history Tunnel Vision: The Story of Toronto’s Subway now on display at Market Gallery RAHUL GUPTA rgupta@insidetoronto.com Toronto’s subway system isn’t

as massive as Tokyo’s, doesn’t have anywhere near the history of London’s and lacks the iconic nature of New York City’s, but

it’s still something worth celebrating. That’s the chief message of Tunnel Vision: The Story of

Toronto’s Subway, a historical exhibit put together by the Toronto Transportation Society (TTS), tracing over 100 years of planning, designing and building of the city’s subway lines. >>>LEARN, page 5

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The TTC says it’s still trying to determine what caused a massive power outage leading to a lengthy shutdown last week. A fire at a hydro vault resulted in rows of dead streetcars and the shuttering of a lengthy stretch of the Yonge line during rush hour. Mayor John Tory told media the fire was caused by a cave-in of the vault roof, said to have been the result of unknown vehicles driving on the Richmond Street sidewalk above. TTC officials have not confirmed that account, which the mayor said was related to him by CEO Andy Byford. Stay tuned as the investigation into the fire’s root cause continues. DAVENPORT RESIDENTS warn of exodus There was much scepticism expressed for claims from a residents group that the Davenport Overpass will result in a mass exodus from the neighbourhood. The project, which Metrolinx wants to build to

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It was a mixed bag when it came to the city’s efforts to plow bike lanes during last week’s major snowstorm. Fifteen to 20 centimetres of snow fell on Toronto, leading to frustrating travel conditions. Some cyclists were quick to praise rapid efforts at clear-

ing bike lanes in the storm’s aftermath. But others brought attention to unplowed snow on lanes, including along the Bloor Viaduct. On College Street, cyclists reported unsafe conditions as many as two days after the storm. TO UNDERGO CONSTRUCTION wCOLLEGE

Get ready for some major construction work on College Street over the summer. The street will undergo major renovations starting in June with watermain upgrades from Lansdowne to Rideau avenues. To the east, TTC streetcar track replacement will take place at College and Bathurst streets from June 20 to July 22, and at Lansdowne from July 18 to Aug. 15. Streetscape improvements from mid-June to November and installation of new lighting in Little Italy from August until December are planned. Rahul Gupta is Metroland Media Toronto’s transit reporter. His column appears every Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

Megathon over but ‘Y’ still accepting pledges for 12 straight hours, pushing themselves for a good cause. “We both spend a lot of time at the Y, either teaching or working out, we both love cycling and we’re both natural exercisers and fitness people,” Beldick said of the duo’s decision to tackle the challenge.

Donations will help subsidize ‘Y’ members JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com To ensure the costs of the YMCA of Greater Toronto’s recreational, fitness and fun programming do not keep anyone out, the Y recently completed its Megathon, a week-long fundraising effort in support of those who need financial support to enjoy YMCA offerings. The Toronto Central Grosvenor Street YMCA Centre, near Yonge and Wellesley streets, held a special celebration Saturday with a variety of fundraising events taking place, from a family carnival to a tae kwon do kick-a-thon to a toonie dive in the swimming pool to Y staff testing their own endurance in exchange for pledges. “We’re raising money for children, teens, families and adults who need financial assistance for everything from programs to gym memberships to day camps,” said Liam Dick, Central YMCA senior program director Saturday. “We set a target of $55,000 at this location, and we’re at about 91 per cent of that target.” Dick noted that 24 per cent of Y members get some sort of financial assistance in order to use the programs. Many programs, such as the Central YMCA’s Saturday night teen nights, rely heavily on outside funding and donations.

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At left, Gino Spatafora runs the steps during the fundraising YMCA Megathon event held Saturday at the Central YMCA in support of ‘Y’ programs and services. Above, Sarah Beldick, left, Amy Swanson spin for cash.

“It’s free for teens and it gives them a safe place to come and hang out in a positive environment,” he said. “They get the use of the whole building. One of the focal points Saturday was YMCA “heroes,”

who undertook gruelling personal challenges and collected pledges from friends and family. Longtime Y staff member Gino Spatafora, for instance, climbed the equivalent of 15,000 stairs, while fellow staff member Carlos

Mera did the equivalent of a triathlon. “Growing up, I was a Y child and my parents took advantage of the financial assistance program here,” Mera said. “It was a good way to give back, and because

I work here and (work out) here all the time, doing (the triathlon) here felt kind of like having home-court advantage.” Fellow YMCA staffers Sarah Beldick and Amy Swanson rode exercise bikes

In addition to recreational programming, the Central YMCA also offers its own high school. The YMCA Academy offers specialized classes with a focus on children with learning disabilities that require learning strategies outside of those provided in the traditional school system. Students from the YMCA Academy, their family members and school staff took turns keeping a couple of the Y’s rowing machines going for 12 straight hours Saturday. “This is also kind of a kickoff of a plan to help our students get more physically active, not just for their physical health, but for their mental health as well,” said YMCA Academy teacher Colleen Whelan. While the Megathon events lasted a day – similar events took place at YMCA locations throughout the GTA from Feb. 28 to March 5 – the Y is continuing to collect pledges until May.

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Moss Park hockey grad gives back through equipment drive JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com While his hockey career has seen him suit up for teams across Canada and as far away as Austria and Denmark, Scott Howes has never forgotten where he got his start. Howes, who grew up in Toronto and attended Neil McNeil High School, first learned to play hockey in the Moss Park Hockey League in downtown Toronto. The league is a rarity; it’s

one of the few free hockey leagues in Canada, allowing kids a chance to pick up skills, enjoy team sports and learn teamwork and discipline. Now a winger with the Brampton Beast, Howes and the team took steps to give back to Moss Park, which relies on donated equipment to help many kids get on the ice. The team organized an equipment drive on Sunday, Feb. 28, collecting gear for youngsters who might not

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“I grew up right downtown and Moss Park is where I started out,” he said. “My father started out

there as well, and coming home to the Toronto area (he had played abroad prior to joining the Beast), I reached out to the front office. It was a way for me to give back.” The league features volunteer coaches and instructors who take on the roles for the love of the game, but that does not mean players there don’t have a shot at succeeding. In addition to the welltraveled Howes, the Moss Park Hockey League has graduated

players such as Trevor Daley and Glen Metropolit, both of whom went on to play in the NHL. Howes noted the league was instrumental in both teaching him the game of hockey and in fostering his love for the sport. “I played there from when I was three to when I was about 13 or 14 – it’s where I learned to skate and where I learned the majority of the basics of playing hockey,” he said. “It’s something that will always be

really special to me.” The equipment drive, which took place as the Beast battled the Greenville Swamp Rabbits, saw more than 10 bags of hockey equipment and a bunch of hockey sticks collected for the Moss Park Hockey League. Following the game, the team held a jersey toss, encouraging fans to toss jerseys on the ice for Moss Park. More than 10 bags of jerseys were collected.

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Tory puts good face on broken promises Mayor John Tory started Tuesday morning with a visit to the Regent Park Aquatic Centre. Well, he started the public part of Tuesday morning in Regent Park. It was 10 a.m. when he showed up with Councillor James Pasternak, the community development and recreation committee chair, and Councillor Pam McConnell in tow. If his publicly touted schedule held true, this was something closer to the noon-hour for him, as Tory famously likes to start work sixish. It is one of the things voters are said to like about him. Tory would do well to remind voters of the reasons they like him. This week, he has had to manage a fairly significant retreat from the argument he’d made to voters in 2014, to persuade them to cast their vote his way. Tory had spent the election swearing up and down that he would deliver a fast and affordable heavy rail rapid transit line called SmartTrack, with 15 new stops along a

david nickle the city 53-kilometre route crossing the city, and had scoffed at naysayers who raised questions about whether the plan was even possible. On Monday, the longawaited report from city manager Peter Wallace, looking at a broad range of public transit options for Toronto, arrived with a thud. Wallace’s report deals with a number of things, but deep in the middle of it is a recognition that Tory’s SmartTrack plan as sold to the public simply isn’t possible. What is possible? No more than eight stations financed by the city, to enhance existing plans by Metrolinx to expand GO service along the rail lines. And no heavy rail in the west end through Etobicoke, but light rail instead. The overall transit plan laid out by Wallace in his detailed report to the executive committee is, in many respects, a vast improvement on Tory’s

SmartTrack plans, and on Tuesday morning Tory tried to make the case he is, in fact, delivering more, not less. “This optimized plan will provide more transit for Toronto than I promised in the election,” he said. “In this case I’ll be delivering more overall.” It is technically true: to paper over the deficiencies in Tory’s plan, staff have recommended far more public transit in some areas; the downtown relief line that was notably not a priority in Tory’s campaign is in, and more light rail along the Eglinton Crosstown line. But it has undeniably scaled back the specific transit improvements Tory promised in all those SmartTrack stations, and the three-stop Scarborough subway that will now be reduced to a single stop. Will anyone care about these broken promises? Tory seemed to think they wouldn’t. And he may be right. Still, it was either good

strategy or good luck that a day before the Wallace report landed on the desks of executive committee members, Tory was able to make the sort of announcement he’s been fond of. As early as next fall, Tory promised, it will be easier to sign up for recreation programs than it is now, and next year, the antiquated computer system that keeps kids out of city summer camps and swimming lessons will be entirely replaced. That sounds like an entirely achievable promise – as achievable as pushing the TTC to sell tokens using Interac machines, or towing cars parked illegally during rush hour, other incremental but noticeable improvements that Tory has brought about. In times like these, that is something I imagine our early-bird mayor would like us to remember.

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Learn the history of the subway system >>>from page 1 “What we want people to see is the subway in Toronto is an important piece of infrastructure,” said exhibit co-curator Robert Lubinski. Lubinski and TTS colleague Adam Zhelka spent several years putting together the exhibit at Market Gallery, made up of donations from private collectors, the TTC and items from their own personal collections. On display are maps and planning documents and photos tracing the planning and construction of the lines dating well back before Toronto’s first subway, Yonge, opened up in 1954. There are also old tickets, tokens and transfers, pieces of subway tile and the first ticket transfer machines. There’s even the front of a decommissioned subway car mounted, which Lubinski picked up before it was scrapped. “The train’s been a big selfie magnet,” he said. “A lot of younger people will stand in front and get their picture taken with it. It’s pretty popular. And that’s given a lot of exposure to the gallery.” The impetus to building the first subway was fuelled by a familiar irritant: congestion. Around 1910, city officials, frustrated by private streetcar operator Toronto Railway Company’s refusal to expand outside traditional borders, leading to clogged streets, initially proposed building an underground track for streetcars, which

would branch out to new neighbourhoods severely lacking transit. But after objections were raised to the high cost – $23 million dollars – the plan was summarily rejected. It wasn’t until the 1940s the Toronto Transportation Commission – the city’s first public transit agency formed in 1921 - began to reconsider a rapid transit line. By then, demand for other transportation options had soared, with the rationing of gasoline and the adoption of mass transit during the war years. It meant record ridership for the TTC, which could hardly keep up with the demand.

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voters, which this time around voted overwhelmingly to proceed with the project. Construction on Yonge – the Queen route by then had been cancelled due to a lack of federal funding – began in September 1949. A ceremony was held at Yonge and Wellington Street attended by the Lieutenant Governor. Construction lasted for five years and thousands of workers used nothing more than shovels to excavate under Yonge. Not a single person died. The Yonge line opened up from Eglinton Station to Union Station in March of 1954 with the neces-

Song. “ Pe o p l e w e r e r e a l l y excited to not have to ride on the old streetcars dating back to the 1920s,” Lubinski said. “Going from that to a subway train was a huge step.” From those idealistic times combined with government support, the subway would branch out over the years with the addition of the University loop, the completion of the Bloor Line in the late 1960s and the Spadina line the next

decade. In 1980, K ipling and Kennedy Stations opened up in tandem, followed by the Scarborough RT five years later. Aside from the opening of Downsview Station it wouldn’t be until 2002 – the Eglinton Subway was cancelled in 1995 - when the next subway line, Sheppard, would open. Lubinski blames a lack of political will for the lack of expansion. Despite the near 20 years of inaction, Lubinski says

the system we have today is something to be proud of, and a symbol of Toronto’s evolution into an important world city. “Even though people ride it every day, most don’t give a second thought that it’s been around for years,” he said. “But there’s a lot of history here, and we want to celebrate that.” Tunnel Vision is on display at the Market Gallery (inside St. Lawrence Market) until June 11.

The train’s been a big selfie magnet. A lot of younger people will stand in front and get their picture taken with it. It’s pretty popular. And that’s given a lot of exposure to the gallery. – Robert Lubinski, exhibit co-curator

Initially the TTC intended to resume its plans to build an underground streetcar route for Yonge Street, by far the city’s busiest street. The plan was to link lines on King Street, Queen Street, Dundas Street and routes back to Yonge. In 1945 the TTC, its coffers flush thanks to the wartime demand, proposed building a heavy rail line under Yonge while building a corresponding underground streetcar route for Queen. The plan was put to

sary amount of pomp and circumstance appropriate for the completion of Canada’s first subway line. The first transit signal was thrown and the first train – built with British steel and painted bright red - made its maiden journey. Posters were prepared proclaiming The Stairway to Tomorrow. Short films were shot featuring an almost propagandistic verve. There was even a song recorded, appropriately titled the Toronto Subway

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Study shows cycling infrastructure has positive impact on local business >>>from page 1 having to find parking at each stop. While he hopes that is the case along Bloor as well, the pilot project will provide a valuable litmus test. “Study after study has shown that cycling infrastructure has a positive impact on local business, but we don’t know that will be the case here unless we can study it,”

he said. The pilot project will see curbside bike lanes on both sides of the street, with one lane of parking alternating between the north and south sides of Bloor. Albert Koehl, vice chair of the Annex Residents Association and a long-time cycling advocate, said the call for bike lanes on Bloor

Street dates back at least to the 1970s. He noted there were many misconceptions to dispel to reach a point where the city was finally ready to take the plunge by installing lanes – if only for a pilot project. “One of the assumptions has always been that it’s motorists bringing business to Bloor Street, but a 2009

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tionate number of collisions involving cyclists happened on east-west roadways. The 2003 City of Toronto Bicycle/ Motor Vehicle Collision Study, for instance, notes that “(c)ollisions were concentrated mainly on arterial roads, particularly the central east-west routes.” “Bloor and Danforth are crucial east-west streets in terms of cycling infrastructure in the city,” Kolb said. “It’s clear there’s a significant need for it.” He a d d e d Bl o o r a n d Danforth are well-served by transit, making cars less necessary for many commuters than on some other east-west streets. Should the pilot project prove a success, the city will look into the possibility of making the bike lanes a permanent fixture. Cycling advocates are hoping this happens, and that a successful pilot project will lead to

dedicated bike lanes stretching far further along Bloor Street and the Danforth. “This is a modest step, but it’s an important step,” Koehl said. “Ho p e f u l l y i t s h ow s people there’s nothing to worry about when it comes to adding bike lanes.” Kolb added, if successful, the pilot project could offer up a blueprint for the addition of bike lanes in Toronto. “If it goes well, this could be a real catalyst for change,” he said. The public was invited to weigh in on the proposed design for the pilot project from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9 at Trinity St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St. W. The meeting occurred after The Mirror’s print deadline.

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Thich Nhat Hanh Meditation WHEN: 6:30 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Miles Nadal JCC, 750 Spadina Ave. CONTACT: www.meetup.com/TorontoPersonalGrowth COST: Free Join the Toronto Personal Growth Meetup for a visit to True Peace Toronto for an evening of meditation based on the writing of Thich Nhat Hanh.

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Outsiders: American Photography and Film, 1950s to 1980s WHEN: 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W. CONTACT: 416-979-6648 COST: $16.50 for youth ages 17 and under, $21.50 for student Documenting American life in all its startling complexity and diversity, the photographers and filmmakers featured present compelling images of individuals and communities on the perceived margins of society. Sugar Beach Sugar Shack WHEN: noon to 10 p.m. WHERE: Canada’s Sugar Beach, Jarvis Street and Queens Quay East CONTACT: www.sugarshackTO.ca COST: Free Also runs Sunday, March 13 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sugar Beach is being transformed into a Quebec-style ca-

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Toronto ComiCon 2016 WHEN: 4 to 9 p.m. to Sunday with various times WHERE: Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building, 222 Bremner Blvd. CONTACT: tickets@fanexpohq. com COST: $20 to $29 Whether it’s movies, comic books, video games, TV shows or others, this is a great opportunity to meet and connect with the stars, authors, illustrators and others involved in the industry. Visit http://comicontoronto.com/ bane à sucre, complete with maple taffy, live musical performances, sing-along, food trucks, ice carving demonstrations and more. Irish 4 a Cure supporting Kidney Cancer Canada WHEN: 3 to 6 p.m. WHERE: Everleigh, 580 King St. W. CONTACT: www.i4acure.com COST: $50 Music, food and more.

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COLLECTIQUES INVITATION TO BID Metroland Media Toronto is accepting tenders to deliver our weekly newspapers and flyers to carrier drop locations within the Toronto area 3 times per week. This entails picking up the product at our North York location on Tuesday’s, completing all flyer deliveries by Wednesday’s at 3:00PM and all newspaper deliveries by Thursday’s at 2:00PM to all carrier drops. All applicants must be a registered business, have a cargo van or cube truck and a valid HST number. Bid packages available at the Reception desk of: Metroland Media Toronto 175 Gordon Baker Rd. Toronto, ON M2H 0A2 Bids will be received until 12:00 noon Monday, March 21st, 2016 ATT: Circulation Manager Contract commencing: April 4th, 2016 Lowest or any bids will not necessarily be accepted. Only the successful Company will be contacted.

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