Urban Design

How city hall is keeping needed change out of ‘stable neighbourhoods’

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Item: In a development application [download PDF] heard by the Etobicoke-York district committee of adjustment in late February, a... Read More

Can we stop talking about congestion? It’s not the point

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This is probably a pointless plea, but can we stop talking about congestion? Our conversations about transportation in Canadian urban... Read More

Life on the Line: Light in the Tunnel

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(Alex Garant, “Midnight”) For the past month, you... Read More

Is good regional transit planning impossible?

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Image: Christof Spieler, Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit, Island Press. The recent news from Vancouver is... Read More

Guest Op-ed: Building a Waterfront City in Toronto

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OP-ED: By City Councillor Joe Cressy Revitalizing our waterfront is the largest and longest-lasting project that we will leave for... Read More

Three ways the King Street Pilot creates more livable communities

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As the Toronto Transit Commission’s King Street Pilot hits the one-year mark, its fate is uncertain. Data shows an 11% increase in... Read More

We need to talk about cars

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When we plan for our transportation future, whether we’re talking at the municipal, regional or provincial level, there’s an elephant... Read More

Where do people go to find quiet in a city?

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Sitting on my second floor balcony – a laneway and a row of houses separating me from Dufferin Street – I often find myself yearning... Read More

EVENT: No Place To Go — A public talk about public washrooms with Lezlie Lowe

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WHAT: No Place To Go: A public talk about public washrooms WHERE: at the Spacing Store: 401 Richmond St W. WHEN: Sunday, Nov. 4... Read More