Transit
What other cities can learn from Toronto’s ride-hailing experience
By Nicholas Sanderson
With British Columbia rolling out its ride-hailing regulations in August, Toronto City Council re-examining its bylaws, and Halifax... Read More
Book Review – Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities
By Erick VillagomezAuthor: Vaclav Smil (MIT Press, 2019) There are few terms as pervasive in discussions about contemporary cities than “growth”. It... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 038, Take it to the Streets
By Spacing Radio
Lanrick Bennett starts us off, talking about a pop-up pilot bike lane project on Toronto’s Danforth Ave. Jared Kolb is stepping... Read More
Urban Technologies: The Unintended Consequences
By Andrew Cuthbert
If you walk by the bike parkade at Main Street Science World in the evening you will see a handful of bikes. If you look closely... Read More
Video Vancouver: Larry Beasley on Vancouverism
By Yuri Artibise
Via TransLink Larry Beasley, a TransLink board member and former planner chief planner for the City of Vancouver, talks about his new... Read More
Track to the future: Advocates want to passenger rail back to the Fraser Valley
By Christopher CheungA century ago, interurban rail service helped Fraser Valley communities develop — and it could do the same thing today, says a group... Read More
Book Review – The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology In Its Place To Reclaim Our Urban Future
By Sean Ruthen
Author: Ben Green (MIT Press, 2019) This book is about the battle for the future of cities. The smart city may represent the next... Read More
When is efficient too efficient? Tech lessons from the port city of Hamburg
By Tricia Wood
Cities can have ports, and many do. Moreover, successful ports make for thriving cities. But ports are not cities. They are not models... Read More
We need surface transit innovations while Toronto waits for subways
By Ryerson City Building Institute
Whether or not you like Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s transit plan for the GTA, none of it is going to help us anytime soon. Its nearly... Read More
Analysis: the permanent King Street transit way is a model for all Toronto
By Nicholas Sanderson
The Toronto Streetcar, older or newer type, is an ever-present symbol of the city. The red, black and white TTC colours trundle along... Read More