Bikes

Why Toronto’s approach to Vision Zero isn’t making streets safer

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On August 30, Celeste Jones became the 28th person to be killed on Toronto’s streets after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver... Read More

Housing

Is John Tory’s Housing Now plan crumbling?

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In the fall of 2018, Toronto Mayor John Tory promised to deliver 40,000 new units of affordable-housing over the next 12-years. A year... Read More

Politics

LORINC: Greta dared all of us to do better. Now what?

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In the aftermath of last week’s heady and inspiring climate marches, everyone who’s concerned about global warming should be asking... Read More

Housing

The missing middle and the case for density transition zones

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Over the past 20 years, Toronto has grown by over 500,000 people, even as its neighbourhoods have hollowed-out, with the loss of over... Read More

Housing

LORINC: Is Toronto one small step closer to finding the missing middle?

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At last week’s Toronto Urban Design Awards, Mayor John Tory announced that the City will launch an “ideas competition” meant to... Read More

Urban Design

How to build a low-rise apartment building

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If you’re in the Bloor and Dufferin neighbourhood a couple of summers from now and happen to head north on Dufferin, just past the... Read More

Urban Design

LORINC: When e-scooters hit Toronto’s streets

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When city council this summer passed new and moderately more stringent training regulations for Uber and Lyft drivers, no one could... Read More

Housing

Is there a smarter way to spend Toronto’s housing dollars?

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In June, 2019, Toronto’s Auditor General, Beverly Romeo-Beehler published an audit on Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) housing... Read More

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