Pandemic
LORINC: The pandemic is sacrificing community spaces in places of faith
By John Lorinc
The long-awaited partial re-opening, which finally began in Toronto and Peel earlier this week, is a story with two aspects: on the... Read More
REID: The beginning of the end for rush hour curb lanes?
By Dylan Reid
One of the distinctive and ubiquitous characteristics of main streets in the older parts of Toronto is the rush hour curb lane. For... Read More
LORINC: The pandemic is about cities
By John Lorinc
Viruses, in the abstract, don’t care much about their host organisms, beyond the latter’s on-board, physiological defenses. Yet it’s... Read More
EVENT: The Post-Pandemic City We Want – June 23rd, 7:00 pm
By Vancouver City Planning Commission
How can we create a post-pandemic Vancouver that is just, equitable, decolonized, and inclusive for all? June 23, 2020 7:00pm via Zoom... Read More
Six-foot City: Conclusion
By Erick Villagomez
This series has explored the impacts of doubling the current personal space radius from 3ft (1m) to 6ft (2m) across three everyday... Read More
Five organizations come together to produce a community map of Toronto “safeways”
By Ken Greenberg
In a great display of community collaboration, five Toronto-based organizations dedicated to improving and enhancing the city’s public... Read More
Six-foot City: Public Transit
By Erick Villagomez
Anybody who has experienced a well-used public transit system during rush hour knows that relaxing their ‘personal space bubbles’ to a... Read More
Six-foot City: The Classroom
By Erick Villagomez
That the pandemic has had a disastrous effect on local and global economies is blatantly clear. But we take for granted that the... Read More
Post-pandemic economic recovery requires strong public transit
By Tricia Wood
The job losses and damage to many retail businesses from the COVID-19 pandemic and related mobility restrictions mean that Toronto and... Read More
BRADFORD OP-ED: Bike lanes are the path to main street recovery on the Danforth and across the city
By Brad Bradford
Toronto has approved the installation of 40 kilometres of cycling infrastructure across the city, including a significant portion... Read More