Toronto announces new Uber licence, background checks for drivers; GTA's 'transit renaissance' plan underfunded by as much as $30 billion; A Love Letter to Light-Rail Transit; and more news

Toronto announces new Uber licence, background checks for drivers (Globe and Mail)

The multi-billion dollar problem that keeps Toronto flooding time and time again (Metro News)

A Love Letter to Light-Rail Transit (Torontoist)

Only 7 per cent of Torontonians call city ‘The Six,’ poll suggests (Toronto Star)

Toronto long way off from setting maximum temperature for city's apartments (Metro News)

Surveys Show Why We Need to take the Poverty Reduction Strategy Seriously (Torontoist)

GTA's 'transit renaissance' plan underfunded by as much as $30 billion: Report (Metro News)

More world news from our sister site SkyriseCities.com:

Major Development to Reshape Dublin Docklands District (Dublin)

Poolside Panoramas: Views from Singapore's Marina Bay Sands (Singapore)

Excavation Begins for 60-Storey Vancouver Tower (Vancouver)

Bjarke Ingels Completes First Condominium in United States (Miami)

Architrivia: The Barcelona Geyser (Barcelona)