06: Spring-Summer 2006
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Dupont in Wonderland
The design of Dupont subway station transforms what otherwise would be an ordinary public space — the world has its share of staid, gloomy subway...
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Personal rapid transit
The Gardiner Expressway was originally seen as Toronto's first step towards a modern North American city. Nowadays, the elevated highway is considered...
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One car’s gain is the city’s loss
"Muriel Avenue is a very graphic example of the detrimental effects front yard parking has on a neighbourhood," says Ron McKay, who's lived...
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Street smarts
The sky is grey, filled with a fine mist of rain, but my students seem energized. They are huddled in groups behind Roy Thompson Hall gazing up at Bernie...
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The gutter report
When walking around a big city people generally look straight ahead or perhaps slightly upward to appreciate the built form. But one of Toronto's...
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Comparing transit in Melbourne and Toronto
By Matthew Blackett
Back in 2004, I spent a year living... -
Beware the Ides of Merch?
By Matthew Blackett
After years... -
23 Bay, 23 Bay, 23 Bay….
By Matthew Blackett
All I was in for, originally, was... -
Mumbai makes do
By Matthew Blackett
It's a transit system where you're expected to...