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Toronto Cyclists Bear the Burden of Construction Impacts

By Jessie Ye

As the World Cup rolls into town, Toronto is bracing for a centre-stage summer welcoming thousands of fans, players, and staff arriving to enjoy the festivals, the food, the patios, and to endure the city’s other seasonal pastime: construction Toronto is one of the most congested cities in North America, largely due to the sheer amount of ongoing construction. The city has over 750 active sites at any given time and regularly holds the North American record for most cranes. While... Read more

Vancouver Urban Design

The City in Tenses

Cities are built toward futures of their time. What we inherit gets adapted, protected, bulldozed, or recovered, as we find ourselves living in yesterday's tomorrow.
By Yuval Fogelson
Vancouver Features

Vancouver’s Villages Debate in Plain English

The Villages Plan: What It Is, Why It's Happening, and Why Some People Are Concerned
By Erick Villagomez
Vancouver Culture

UCS #102: The White Elephant

See our Launch and Introduction about the launch of the © Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Vancouver...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate
Vancouver Features

Book Review – Planning the Future of Abu Dhabi: A Canadian-Emirati Collaboration for Sustainable Urbanism

Edited by Larry Beasley and Michael White (UBC Press/On Point Press, 2026) There is a version of city-building that planners often imagine, if not quietly...
By Erick Villagomez
Toronto Photos

The rise and fall of National Rubber

Photographer Peter MacCallum documented the National Rubber Industries Cawthra Avenue Plant in the West Toronto Junction, 1991-2026
By Peter MacCallum
Toronto Bikes

The truth about the University Avenue bike lanes

The evidence does not support the negative narrative some are peddling
By Lanrick Bennett

Vancouver Community

UCS: The First 100 (Video)

The Urban Cartoon Syndicate launched in May 2024 and reached the hundredth cartoon last week. We mark this milestone by packing them all into a one-minute...
By Urban Cartoon Syndicate
Toronto Waterfront

Rees Park: The rug that can tie the post-FIFA waterfront together

The FanFest zone and the Raptor's Jurassic Park show the potential for flexible public spaces that serve large events and festivals
By Tim Kocur
Vancouver Features

Book Review: Cheapskate in Lotus Land

Author: Steve Burgess (Douglas & McIntyre, 2026) Cheapskate in Lotus Land, the new book by writer/humourist Steve Burgess, delivers what he promises...
By Michael Kluckner
Toronto Community

OP-ED: Invitation as Urban Policy

What the Bentway, the High Line, and Madrid Río taught me about health and belonging in public spaces
By Kate Mulligan
Vancouver Features

I’m Voting for Neighbourhoods. Are You?

I believe that Vancouver is, first and foremost, a “City of Distinguished Neighbourhoods”, and that Vancouver neighbourhoods are poised to...
By scothein
Toronto Bikes

Modernizing e-bike rules

New provincial proposals are timely
By Albert Koehl

National Podcast

THE OVERHEAD: When Policy Pauses Public Ownership

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: What We’ve Learned About Evictions

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 094, The Landlords

In this episode: rental construction, Bill 60, and tenants' rights.
By Spacing Radio

Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 93, Everything Eglinton

In this episode: celebrating the Crosstown, lessons learned, and Scarborough's Golden Mile.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: Rent Control and Rent Hikes

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 92, Resolutions for Toronto leadership

In this episode: the election starts now, the Doug Ford problem, and public toilets.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: Community land trusts gaining ground

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: Decommodifying Housing

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
National Podcast

The Overhead: Indigenous-led housing

Spacing and the Balanced Supply of Housing research node proudly present The Overhead: Understanding Canada’s Affordable Housing Crisis, a special podcast series.
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 90, Bless this urban mess

In This Episode: we talk incremental change, embrace urban chaos, and take a stroll down Toronto's laneways
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 089, Global ideas for local placemaking

In This Episode: what is placemaking and what can we learn from placemakers around the world?
By Spacing Radio
Toronto Podcast

PODCAST: Spacing Radio 088, Big City Mayor Takes on Canadian Housing

In This Episode: recent Vancouver history, Canada's new housing minister, and Scarborough cuisine
By Glyn Bowerman

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Toronto Waterfront

Jet Dreams on Toronto Island (Part 1)

Premier Doug Ford and the Toronto Port Authority, the federal agency that owns Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, have been extraordinarily secretive...
By Ian Darragh
Toronto Bikes

Modernizing e-bike rules

This article is co-authored with Muskan Fatima. E-bikes are good for our cities. They offer reliable transportation for people of all ages and abilities...
By Albert Koehl
Vancouver Features

I’m Voting for Neighbourhoods. Are You?

I believe that Vancouver is, first and foremost, a “City of Distinguished Neighbourhoods”, and that Vancouver neighbourhoods are poised to...
By scothein
Toronto Waterfront

Rees Park: The rug that can tie the post-FIFA waterfront together

The waterfront as an east-west canvas for events and animation in Toronto will show its potential like never before during the upcoming FIFA World Cup...
By Tim Kocur
Toronto Community

OP-ED: Invitation as Urban Policy

This spring, at Bloomberg CityLab in Madrid, social prescribing reached the agenda of the world’s largest cities summit for the first time. It was a...
By Kate Mulligan
Toronto Bikes

The truth about the University Avenue bike lanes

Over the past year, I have written multiple times about how misinformation and selective framing continue shaping Toronto’s transportation debates. In...
By Lanrick Bennett

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