TTC dumps cash fare and Hanukkah fire kills 4 in Brooklyn

Here’s a TTC efficiency which will deny some riders access to the service but still make money for the transit agency. Get rid of cash fares so all the fare collectors can be removed from the payroll. Yes, some poor people who can’t afford a Presto card and a few rich who occasionally jump on the train for cash will be unable to ride. The latest bit of digital progress from City News. In Brooklyn, New York, a terrible tragedy when an unattended menorah causes a fire that kills four. Below that, an astonishing funicular railway that keeps you standing upright by rolling the floor like a midway ride. Yikes. Finally, Kyle Lowry takes kids shopping. Could be good.