Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today.

Greater Toronto Area

• All Fired Up in The Big Smoke post, “The politics of transit”, here.
• BlogTO post, “Ford sticks to his guns on underground transit plans”, here.
• Canadian Press article, “York Region’s transit strike looks headed for end” (from the Globe and Mail website), here.
• CBC News Toronto report, “York Transit strike almost over”, here.
• Citytv News Toronto report, “York Region bus service will resume after new contracts OK’d”, here.
• CP24 report, “York Region Transit strike nears end”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “York Transit strike nears end after key agreements”, here.
• CTV News Toronto report, “York Region approves $2.8B budget”, here.
• DurhamRegion.com article, “Car chaos outside daycare at Ajax GO”, here.
• Globe and Mail article, “Councillors seek own changes to transit plan”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Scarborough councillors agreeable to putting Eglinton LRT above ground”, here.
• InsideToronto.com article, “Committee, Facebook group fight to save Humber Bay Express bus”, here.
• article, “TTC worker robbed by armed bandits”, here.
• National Post article, “What the #!%*?: Competing visions fight for the future of Toronto’s rapid transit”, here.
• National Post article, “After 3 months, York expects to have buses running next week”, here.
• OpenFile Toronto post, “Rob Ford gives his answer on new transit plan: Nope”, here.
• OpenFile Toronto post, “Is Queen’s Park losing patience with Toronto City Hall?”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “2012 Presto Fare Calculator”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “Oompa Loompa pulls an “all your space” on the TTC”, here.
• Ride This Crazy Train post, “A few things I’ve noticed”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “First Steps for a Transit Compromise (Update 3)”, here.
• Steve Munro’s post, “Goodbye to the H4 trains”, here.
• Raise the Hammer post, “Chris Hume on the Eglinton subway”, here.
• Toronto Life’s Daily Informer post, “Rob Ford and co. fall back on the same old talking points (subways, subways, subways)”, here.
• Toronto Life’s Daily Informer post, “Rob Ford is building subways because that’s what Rob Ford does”, here.
• Toronto Life’s Daily Informer post, “Karen Stintz’s new transit proposal: buses for Finch, a single subway stop for the mayor”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “Mayor Rob Ford digs in on transit plan”, here.
• Toronto Star video, “Hume on Eglinton LRT plan”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “York Region buses set to roll after long strike”, here.
• Toronto Star article, “TTC routes during rush hour: Watch them all at once”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Ford maintains subways for Scarborough pledge”, here.
• Toronto Sun article, “Viva bus drivers ratify deal”, here.
• YorkRegion.com article, “Transit strike all but over”, here.

Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe

• Barrie Examiner article, “GO rolls out free train trip”, here.
• Barrie Examiner article, “Buses will keep rollin’”, here.
• Bradford West Gwillimbury Times article, “Looking at Public Transit”, here.
• Hamilton Spectator article, “City, transit union return to bargaining table”, here.
• JoeyColeman.ca post, “Should I buy an HSR bus pass with a labour disruption looming?”, here.
• JoeyColeman.ca post, “HSR bus drivers optimistic as strike deadline looms”, here.
• JoeyColeman.ca post, “HSR Labour Negotiations — as of January 26, 201[2]”, here.
• JoeyColeman.ca post, “Would a HSR strike start at 12:01 a.m.?”, here.
• Innisfil Scope article, “Essa approves Barrie bus service study”, here.
• Orillia Packet and Times article, “Bus stops on the move”, here.
• Simcoe.com article, “[Bradford] Public transit could roll out by fall”, here.
• Waterloo Region Record editorial, “Higher bus fares are entirely fair”, here.