City staff say it will cost up to $1 million and take about six months to fully study the impacts of allowing Porter to operate jets out of Billy Bishop airport. City council will decide to today whether or not to proceed with the analysis. A preliminary report is due before Rob Ford's executive committee on July 3, which Porter says it will finance. The airline wants to expand the runway and operate Bombardier "whisper jets" out of the downtown airport.

At the same time, Margaret Atwood and other prominent citizens are lining up against the idea. NOJetsTO wants council to reject the feasibility study and force airlines to stick with propellor planes. The group has a petition with almost 1,000 signatures. Former mayor John Sewell is also a supporter of the group. Where do you stand on this?

Karen Stintz says she'll motion for a report on whether the TTC could take over Toronto's struggling BIXI system. She says if the transit system ran the bike share scheme we could expect more stations at bus stops, streetcar shelters, and subway stations. Last week coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam proposed tethering BIXI to parking space negotiations in new construction projects. Which sounds better?

Rob Ford wants a provincial election, and he's calling on the NDP to help. Speaking on his weekly radio show Ford urged MPPs to "just say no" to the Liberal budget and trigger a vote. "Taxpayers want an election," he said, and presumably so does his brother coun. Doug Ford who's planning a run for office. The NDP need to support the proposed budget to prevent the province going to the polls.

High-occupancy toll lanes will be coming to the GTA if the provincial Liberals can get their proposal through the legislature. Vehicles carrying two or more people will be allowed to use the lanes for free while solo drivers will be charged. It's calculated HOV lanes will bring in around $250 million each year in transit cash. One expert calls the lanes "training pants for road users" because they change the way people think about driving. Is this a good start?

Coun. Mark Grimes expensed drinks to his taxpayer funded-tab during a trip to Las Vegas last July. The Star found Grimes spent $2,318.81 during the five-day trip to research the Fremont Street Experience, a pedestrian mall he hopes to recreate at Exhibition Place. The tab was reported as $1,095 at the last executive committee meeting but did not include air fare. The omission was the result of an error by a staffer, according to the Exhibition Place chief executive.

Rob Ford has called a special city council meeting for May 21 to debate whether or not to allow a Toronto casino. The discussion was originally scheduled for the meeting next week, and the change prompted some councillors to accuse Ford of stalling on the issue. OLG announced yesterday that it had completed its review of revenue sharing options but didn't release details. Can Rob Ford get the votes for a casino?

Plans to revive the Scarborough subway debate in conjunction with a conversation on transit taxes isn't going down to well at Metrolinx. The provincial transit agency has already agreed to build a light rail replacement for the aging SRT. Changing the plans at this stage would be "difficult" and "expensive" according to Metrolinx chairman Rob Prichard.

The city's annual budget surplus ain't what she used to be. The latest projections show Toronto heading for just $14.3 million left over at the end of the year, which isn't much when you consider the city has an annual operating budget of $9.4 billion. Previously the surplus has been used to prop up the next year's spending. The last surplus, left over from 2011, was $102 million.

It's still not clear how the original Nathan Phillips Square bike station got shelved. The storage area with showers, revived last month, quietly vanished during the restoration of other parts of the square despite using $650,000 of its budget. The Fords say they'll try and squash the project when it comes up for final approval at the city council next week.

A group of Scarborough city councillors say they will back new transit taxes if the city agrees to make an extension of the Bloor-Danforth line a priority. Councillors Michael Thompson and Michelle Berardinetti met with Rob Ford yesterday and say he's considering supporting the motion. Berardinetti told the Star 7 of 10 east-end councillors agree with the idea to turn the SRT into subway. Should agreeing to new revenue tools be tied to specific projects?

City staff want Toronto to take over the ailing BIXI bike program before it defaults on its city-backed $3.9 million start-up loan. The company told the city it's just months from being unable to make its payments. Toronto's various options are discussed in a confidential report that circulated at the last executive committee meeting and was leaked to the Toronto Star yesterday. If the city lets BIXI fail it could sell its bikes and other assets for between $800,000 to $1.2 million.