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Steve Munro
Born1948 (age 75–76)
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Author, Computer systems manager (retired)
Websitehttp://stevemunro.ca/

Steve Munro is an author and widely admired and quoted transit advocate, from Toronto, Ontario.[1][2][3] Munro is credited in playing a lead role in the grass-roots efforts to convince City Council to reverse plans to abandon Toronto's remaining streetcars.

Munro has written several technical reports on transit. Since 2006, he has written a blog that is frequently quoted by other transit commentators, and he has written a regular column for Spacing magazine and Torontoist blog.[4] His blog occasionally contains film reviews.

In 1986, Munro was critical of the decision to build a subway on Sheppard Avenue rather than a light rail vehicle line as professional transit planners recommended.[5]

In 2005, Munro was recognized for his long advocacy for improved public transit with the Jane Jacobs Prize.[6][7]

In 2010, while he was serving as a member of an advisory board on a proposed transit museum, Munro went public with complaints that the outgoing members of the Toronto Transit Commission were inappropriately rushing to solidify plans for the museum to bolster their personal legacies.[8]

References

  1. ^ Crystal Luxmore (2009-08-23). "Toronto Through the Eyes of Steve Munro". Blog TO. Retrieved 2013-10-29. A proud trainspotter, Munro's been riding the rocket for kicks since he was a kid. He parlayed that love into a life of transit activism, crafting a reputation at City Hall for his reasoned ideas and ability to recall any streetcar on the line. It also makes him Yoda to up-and-coming urban planners and transit fans in the city, penning columns for Spacing Magazine and getting phone calls from reporters and city planners hours after publishing his latest blog post. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Light Rail Transit: New System Successes at Affordable Prices : Papers Presented at the National Conference on Light Rail Transit, May 8-11, 1988, San Jose, California, Issue 221. National Conference on Light Rail Transit, 1988. 1989. ISBN 9780309047135. Retrieved 2013-10-29. The vice-chairman was Steve Munro, a computer programmer. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "People That Matter: Jane Jacobs Prize Recipient, Steve Munro". Ideas that matter. Retrieved 2013-10-29. The "Streetcars for Toronto" Committee was formed in 1972 to fight for the retention and expansion of the streetcar system as a way to provide low-cost rapid transit service to growing suburban areas. As a student at the University of Toronto, Steve was part of that Committee and subsequently became its chair. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Taras Grescoe (2012). "Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile". HarperCollins. ISBN 9781443411431. Retrieved 2013-10-29. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Mike Smith (1986-02-08). "A subway surprise: The Sheppard line". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2013-10-29. Transit critic Steve Munro, on the other hand, says the TTC has a "bias toward subways" and hasn't completely explored all other forms of rapid transit. "They didn't look at putting an LRT underground, for instance," Munro said. Munro is spokesman for Streetcars for Toronto, a lobby group that often battles and occasionally supports the TTC. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "TRANSIT PLANNING: A TALE OF TWO CITIES" (PDF). Rogers TV. 2013-04-30. Retrieved 2013-10-29. In 2005, Steve was awarded the Jane Jacobs Prize in recognition of his sustained advocacy and vision for public transit in Toronto. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "People That Matter; Jane Jacobs Prize Recipient". Ideas That Matter. 2005. Retrieved 2014-05-06. For more than 35 years Steve Munro has been a passionate and unwavering advocate for the improvement of Toronto's transit system. It is said that Steve knows more about transit than anyone, ever. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Tess Kalinowski (2010-08-24). "Transit fans critique museum plans". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-29. Longtime transit observer Steve Munro says the TTC is rushing the $5.5 million project to help justify a new head office at Yonge St. and York Mills Rd., being developed by Build Toronto. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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