Transit

LORINC: Understanding how the TTC won North America’s top transit prize

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When the TTC announced on Monday that it had won the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) award for outstanding... Read More

REID: Transforming Buenos Aires

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A radical transformation of the centre of Buenos Aires, Argentina, combining a new Bus Rapid Transit project and a... Read More

REID: Pity the poor operator: success and failure in subway systems

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I attended the International Transport Forum May 31-June 2 on behalf of Spacing, and over the next few days will report some of the... Read More

LORINC: No relief in sight when it comes to subways and politics

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In the bonfire of the vanities that is transit politics in Greater Toronto, it is often difficult to identify who is the biggest bozo... Read More

A need for high speed rail reality

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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

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For 2016’s annual Torontoist Heroes and Villains feature, I nominated Toronto Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker (Ward 38... Read More

Stand right, walk left: the escalator algorithm

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When Spacing asked Torontonians for their insights into Toronto public etiquette, one of the clearest and most repeated messages we... Read More

John Tory is serving up a platform for Doug Ford 2018

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Say you’re Doug Ford. Say you’re tuning in to Episode 237 of the Scarborough Subway Extension Netflix mini-series. Say you’re... Read More

EDITORIAL: It’s time to stop the Scarborough Subway

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This is an editorial from the Spacing magazine team Make no mistake: the current Scarborough subway extension (SSE) plan has become... Read More

LORINC: Bombardier’s bribery problems in Europe hurt Toronto

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To all the tornado chasers who spot the twisters whipping destructively across Toronto’s forlorn transit geography, add this storm... Read More