By Sean Marshall
ELECTION: Mapping municipal election voter turnout
As Torontonians head to the polls for the ninth municipal election since amalgamation, how many voters will actually cast a ballot... Read More
ELECTION: Population disparities between Toronto’s 25 wards
In July 2018, in the middle of Toronto’s last municipal election, the newly elected Progressive Conservative provincial... Read More
ELECTION: Open wards and the power of incumbency
As part of Spacing Toronto’s coverage of the 2022 municipal election, cartographer Sean Marshall is creating maps revealing some... Read More
Shining a light on Toronto’s streetlamps
Street lighting is an important, yet overlooked, part of any city’s standard infrastructure. For over seventy years... Read More
MARSHALL: Mapping TTC crowding during a pandemic
Sean Marshall is a Toronto planner, transit advocate, and long-time Spacing contributor. This is cross-posted from his personal web... Read More
The wrong answer to a tragic death of a boy walking home from school
On Tuesday, February 27, around 3:30 PM, Duncan Xu, an 11-year old boy, was struck and killed by a motorist in a residential... Read More
Mapping Toronto’s approved new ward boundaries
On Monday, October 22, 2018, Torontonians will be electing a new city council. And for the first time since 2000, Toronto’s ward... Read More
A need for high speed rail reality
GO Transit commuter train at Brampton Station, on the Toronto-Kitchener rail corridor Last week, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the... Read More
A new low for the Scarborough Subway champion
For 2016’s annual Torontoist Heroes and Villains feature, I nominated Toronto Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker (Ward 38... Read More
Metrolinx’s suburban plans for an urban transit system
At its last board meeting on December 8, Metrolinx presented an update on the status of 12 new GO Transit rail stations, all located... Read More