Public Transit
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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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Goodbye to the fish bowl bus
The New Look bus has been an essential fixture of the TTC fleet for 50 years. The model, discontinued since 1985, was once popular across Canada and the...
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Gas pumps of the future
There are five hydrogen refueling stations already in operation around the GTA, but you can't use most of them — yet. Right now they're for...
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History beneath our seats
As the TTC prepares to embark upon its plans to tunnel below the city late in 2010, building badly-needed new subway lines as part of the Toronto-York...
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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...