Transit
Lessons on urban mobility and inequality during a pandemic
By Tricia Wood
Many cities around the world have started to open up road space for non-automotive movement to give people room to get some exercise... Read More
Video Vancouver: Why Public Transit’s Coronavirus Crisis is Different
By Yuri Artibise
About Here I’m really really worried about public transit. So I decided to do something brave and made a video on the internet... Read More
Change and continuity in the COVID-19 city
By Brian Doucet
Everything has changed and nothing has changed since the arrival of the COVID19 pandemic. Understanding the new dynamics of cities is... Read More
Book Review: Trains, Buses People – An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit
By Andrew Cuthbert
Author: Christof Spieler (Island Press, 2018) Christof Spieler’s Trains, Buses, People – An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit is a... Read More
Observing urban change through the window of a GO train
By Brian Doucet
I wrote this piece last year, long before Covid 19 kept almost everyone at home and before riding transit was something to be avoided... Read More
MARSHALL: Mapping TTC crowding during a pandemic
By Sean Marshall
Sean Marshall is a Toronto planner, transit advocate, and long-time Spacing contributor. This is cross-posted from his personal web... Read More
Hey Presto! The strange history and modest potential of the soon-to-be closed TTC subway booths
By Gerry Flahive
The future arrived in Toronto in 1948, but it was hidden away from view, in a 19th century transit garage on Sherbourne St. Six years... Read More
Video Vancouver: The Sounds of Transit
By Yuri Artibise
Via Price Tags Thank you to all our incredible employees and customers for making TransLink North America’s Transit System of... Read More
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