Subsidized roads, subsidizing JCDecaux, Toronto the employer, Sloan's Hit & Run

Some news that isn't worth an entire blog post - the ongoing quest by ex-courier Scott to force ex-employer Toronto to make good roads; non-drivers are now paying 49% of all road construction; and a new Velib contract to keep the wheels rolling:

• TO city employee bikeshare has barely been used, partly because of the strike, and requires training for any staff person that wishes to use them. Bigger hopes for next season. (TO Star)
• Ex-courier's appeal - a lawyer, Patrick Brown, feels Scott's case against the city at the Ontario labour board has merit. Despite the title the case hasn't been decided just yet. Will it affect the employee bikeshare program? (TO Star)
• Just to show how unsafe it is, we have Sloan's new Hit & Run album release, so named because band member Chris Murphy was hit by a careening driver who then took off. Murphy survived with a broken collarbone, a concussion, and now an album name memorializing the macabre occasion.
• Share of US road construction paid out of user fees drops down to 51%. We can laugh at drivers whenever they claim they "own" the roads. So that means 49% of the road should be split between transit, bikes and pedestrians! Anyone have numbers for Canada? (Streetsblog.org)
• JCDecaux gets sweeter Velib deal - City of Paris caves in and renegotiates a sweeter deal for JCDecaux, the operator of Velib bikesharing system. 50% of any income over 17 million Euros now goes to JCDecaux. The City will now pay for more of the replacement of damaged bikes. (Bike-sharing blog)