Walking

REID: Pedestrian buttons 2 – the rise of the audible signal

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Four years ago, I wrote a piece explaining the different kinds of pedestrian buttons and how they work. The piece was in response to... 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

Creating child-friendly cities

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by Dr. Judy Farvolden, Josh Fullan and Angela Ma Ask a kid what makes a great city and you’ll get answers that sound like those any... Read More

LORINC: What Toronto should learn from Hamburg’s self-driving shuttle pilot

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HAMBURG, GERMANY — At some point in 2019, the first of three curiously upright shuttle vehicles will begin tooling around a 3.6km loop... Read More

LORINC: Sidewalk Labs, autonomous vehicles, and the persistent myth of driver error

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LEIPZIG, GERMANY, reporting from the International Transport Forum  — When Sidewalk Labs unveiled its plans for Toronto’s... Read More

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