Straphanger : how subways, buses and trains are saving our cities from the empire of the automobile
I recently read a fantastic book by Taras Grescoe, it's very current,
(okay, it was reviewed in the Globe and Mail a year ago) but published in 2012. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/straphanger-by-taras-grescoe/article4103113/  
Grescoe lives in Montreal but travelled
around the world looking at how cities succeed or fail at providing
public transportation. The Toronto chapter is titled "The Toronto
Tragedy" so you know he gets our current situation. I'd love
to see him as part of the eh List Author Series. Maybe along with
Edward J. Levy whose webbook, Rapid Transit in Toronto: A century of
Plans, Progress & Paralysis is available to see and copy at :
http://levyrapidtransit.ca/
Taras Grescoe was interviewed by Library Thing and you can read their recommendations for similar reads at: http://www.librarything.com/work/12059718
However, in closing the interview with Grescoe http://www.librarything.com/author/grescoetaras/interview  the proverbial favourite question was asked:
What types of books do you like to read? What have you read recently that you enjoyed?
I read a lot of fiction. I just finished Murakami’s massive IQ84, but I enjoyed Ferenc Karinthy’s Metropolis,
about the predicament of a linguist who accidentally lands in a city
where everybody speaks a totally unknown language, a lot more.
Don't look for Metropolis in the TPL catalogue, the book seems to be titled: Metropole and the blue form is in so we'll have it soon.
Oh and check out: Unlocking the Gridlock for more folks we could invite to Thought Exchange. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/unlocking-the-gridlock/article10255098/?service=mobile
Hope to catch you reading on the TTC,
Paula
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