Transit
LORINC: Why a Patrick Brown government will target Greenbelt and Metrolinx
By John Lorinc
At this stage of the game, it would be foolish to depict Raymond Cho’s by-election victory for the Tories last week as a harbinger of... Read More
LORINC: Tory tries to position himself for 2018 election
By John Lorinc
When John Tory launched a pointed broadside against the TTC two weeks ago over the agency’s reluctance to make deep cuts to its... Read More
LORINC: Why transit has become Toronto’s moral hazard
By John Lorinc
If I have to be brutally candid about my gut reaction to last week’s transit decision, I’ll confess that part of me felt the people of... Read More
How to prioritize the safety of women on the TTC
By Abby Plener
This week, city council approved a motion by Kristyn Wong-Tam to review city services “to eliminate any existing bias against womenâ€... Read More
LORINC: The Scarborough subway and the climate change agenda
By John Lorinc
What will future residents of Scarborough think, 30 or 40 years hence, when they cast their minds back to the craven transit decisions... Read More
Why did John Tory play the race card in transit politics?
By Fatima Syed
In a moment of complete candor, Mayor John Tory implied in a Toronto Star op-ed on Monday that critics of the Scarborough subway are... Read More
LORINC: A city that doesn’t learn from transit mistakes
By John Lorinc
How many times do we have to bang our heads against the wall before we finally get the message? Apparently, based on Friday’s little... Read More
Main Street Dartmouth: Practice test of suburban sprawl repair
By Paul Dec
DARTMOUTH – Turning extensive parking lots into vibrant and walkable communities has long become the new North American dream... Read More
The twisted myth of car ownership in Scarborough
By Toronto Cycling Think and Do Tank
This post by Trudy Ledsham, is part of Spacing’s partnership with the Toronto Cycling Think & Do Tank at the University of... Read More
Who will save Toronto’s old streetcars?
By Chris Bateman
Toronto’s outgoing fleet of streetcars could be the first not to get a second life in another city. Perhaps due to advanced... Read More