Election 2026: Why are mayoral candidates ignoring the climate crisis?
While councillor candidates tout their green credentials, environmental issues have been overlooked in the mayoral race
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Messy Transit?
At the Mpact conference, the final plenary explored how transit fits into messy urbanism
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Election 2026: Who Has the Power to Deliver?
The division of powers means diplomacy is essential to a mayor's role, says Christopher Balkaran
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The story behind the transit doc Railfan
A new video feature from Spacing profiles the process behind the documentary about autistic children who love subways
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Election 2026: Making elections accessible
Improving the voting process for electors with disabilities
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Election Night Watch Party!
Spacing is excited to host the magazine's fourth election night gathering for local urbanists
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London, Paris, Toronto: A tale of three biking cities
The cycling plans of ambitious cities vs the Ford-destroyed bike lanes of Toronto
By John Lorinc
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 096, Toronto Election Council Races
In this episode: Incumbents, challengers, and the role of City Council
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Election 2026: Who gets to live in the city?
Essential workers keep the city running but can no longer afford to live anywhere near their jobs.
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Election 2026: For a joyful, resilient and connected Toronto, let’s start at the park
Natalie Brown introduces Park People's 2026 parks platform
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Election 2026: Can candidates debate in depth?
Christopher Balkaran argues that what is missing from mayoral debates is the follow-up questions
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OP-ED: It’s not just about bike lanes
Albert Koehl argues that cycling advocates need to take over the script from Premier Ford
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NEW ISSUE: Issues & Influencers
Our election (and post-election) issue profiles the people who shape the discussion on key urban issues
By Dylan Reid
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 — the day the clowns picked the wrong Toronto brothel
EDITOR: This is the second post of a new collaboration with the Toronto Dreams project by Adam Bunch (see the first here). The project is a series of...
By Adam Bunch