Walking

LORINC: Walking in the shadow of Yonge Street attack

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Do “Slow Down” lawn signs actually work?

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“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

REID: Dissecting the pedestrian countdown

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The most important thing to realize about the pedestrian countdown signal is that it is only relevant to people who start crossing... Read More