Walking
LORINC: Walking in the shadow of Yonge Street attack
By John Lorinc
There’s a lot of talk these days — on Spacing and elsewhere — about “messy urbanism.” But if you want to understand what this... Read More
Athletic traffic planning: Moving thousands of fans on game day
By David Hains
When the Leafs or Blue Jays play a home game, Doug Tuira doesn’t watch to see if Auston Matthews will score an overtime winner or... Read More
The wrong answer to a tragic death of a boy walking home from school
By Sean Marshall
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
“Distracted walking” laws make no sense
By Dylan Reid
The spectre of “distracted walking” apparently haunts our streets. The scare has been raised again through a private... Read More
REID: “You cannot talk fatalities down” – international insights on walking and cycling
By Dylan Reid
When I asked Anders Lie, the Swedish expert on the Vision Zero traffic safety program, about cities (like Toronto) where politicians... Read More
REID: Transforming Buenos Aires
By Dylan Reid
A radical transformation of the centre of Buenos Aires, Argentina, combining a new Bus Rapid Transit project and a... Read More
Stand right, walk left: the escalator algorithm
By Dylan Reid
When Spacing asked Torontonians for their insights into Toronto public etiquette, one of the clearest and most repeated messages we... Read More
Do “Slow Down” lawn signs actually work?
By Dylan Reid
“Slow Down, Kids at Play” lawn signs proliferated in Toronto in the last couple of years as part of a private campaign in... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 005, Shake It Up
By Spacing Radio
This is the companion episode to the latest issue of Spacing Magazine, with a focus on celebrating women in city building. We talk to... Read More
REID: Dissecting the pedestrian countdown
By Dylan Reid
The most important thing to realize about the pedestrian countdown signal is that it is only relevant to people who start crossing... Read More