By Sean Marshall
Toronto’s history in two buildings
Back in May and June of 2015, the Guardian newspaper ran an intriguing series on its Cities page entitled “A history of cities in 50... Read More
King Street: How the TTC can strike back against UberHop
On Friday, John Lornic made an interesting case that UberHop, the controversial new service launched by the San Francisco-based... Read More
On Brampton’s short-sighted Hurontario-Main LRT decision
Cross-posted from Marshall’s Musings, the author’s personal blog On late Tuesday night (actually, early Wednesday morning... Read More
Gardiner East: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Megacity
On Thursday, June 11, Toronto City Council voted to maintain the Gardiner Expressway between Jarvis Street and the Don Valley... Read More
The new American streetcar: A visit to Detroit, Cincinnati, Atlanta, and Tampa
Cross-posted from Marshall’s Musings, the author’s personal blog I recently went on a short vacation, driving down Highway... Read More
Toronto’s mayoral election in five more maps
Yesterday, University of Toronto Professor David Hulchanski summarized the link between Monday’s election results and the... Read More
From lake to lake and back again: rail trails of southwestern Ontario
Waterford Black Bridge, between Simcoe and Brantford In mid-July, I completed another overnight cycling trip. On a bright and warm... Read More
Philadelphia’s airport rail link: what could have been
EDITOR’S NOTE: This post is intended as a follow up to Glyn Bowerman’s commentary from yesterday on the high fares planned... Read More
Revisiting the Uxbridge–Peterborough Rail Trails
Two years ago, I wrote about a cycling day trip that I took between Uxbridge and Peterborough. I rode mostly on rail trails between... Read More
Remembering the Rogers Road streetcar
Intersection of Rogers and Old Weston Roads, looking west, August 4, 1972 From Toronto Archives – Fonds 1526, File 72, Item 61... Read More