{"id":88,"date":"2010-01-05T14:24:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T19:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/magazine\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2010-04-09T23:21:52","modified_gmt":"2010-04-10T04:21:52","slug":"issue-6","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/magazine\/issue-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue 6 \/\/\/ Public Transit Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cover section of the sixth issue of Spacing focuses on Toronto\u2019s sometimes confounding transit system. Spacing editors Matthew Blackett and Dylan Reid sit down for a Q&amp;A with Mayor David Miller and challenge him to articulate a vision for the future of transit in this city. Toronto transit advocate Steve Munro lets loose on the failings of the TTC and its leadership, while supplying an economically-responsible plan that could reshape our transit system. Other articles include the plethora of subway construction plans from the early 1900s to the mid-1990s, the legend of Lower Bay subway station, how to turn Queen Street into a streetcar and pedestrian-only zone, a look back to 1968 and 1985 when bomb threats to the TTC caused public fear, and an essay in defense of our subway\u2019s \u201cpublic washroom aesthetic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>cover photo courtesy of the Toronto Archives, illustration by Joe Ollman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-839\" href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/magazine\/issue-6\/attachment\/06-transit-summer-06-subway\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-839\" title=\"06-transit-summer-06-subway\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/06-transit-summer-06-subway.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/06-transit-summer-06-subway.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/06-transit-summer-06-subway-300x128.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cover section of the sixth issue of Spacing focuses on Toronto\u2019s sometimes confounding transit system. 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