By Dylan Reid
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Is there Planning Law or just City Politics?
This Friday (Jan. 13), the University of Toronto Faculty of Law is hosting an all-day Conference on Municipalities and Land Use Planning, “Is there...
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Smart Growth 1966, or “plus ca change …”
Here’s a quote from “Proposals for a New Plan for Toronto”, published in 1966 for public discussion at the Toronto Planning Board. A...
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Walkability in tower neighbourhoods, and other walking news
I’ve written before about the project by Paul Hess and Jane Farrow to study walkability in Toronto’s high-rise neighbourhoods. It’s been...
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Darkest November = Pedestrian Danger
A statistical study by Global News of pedestrian accidents 2000-2009 has found that the end of November is the most dangerous time of year for pedestians...
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City won’t put a sidewalk on a route to school
A local resident recently brought my attention to an impending decision by the City of Toronto to not add a sidewalk to Chine Drive, a local road in...
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Is this really an “info” pillar?
In the past couple of weeks, new “information” pillars have been popping up around town. But they don’t seem to be much about...
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Transforming Front St. at Union Station (and other pedestrian news)
Last week, I went to the open house for the project to transform Front Street at Union Station, in conjunction with the massive renovation of Union...
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Is Toronto broke or not?
Last night, I attended a discussion organized by the University of Toronto’s Cities Centre about municipal finance, with two people who know more...
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The Official Plan Review
Toronto is undertaking a review of its Official Plan. The Plan was adopted by City Council in 2002, but it didn’t come into force until 2006 after...
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Decline by little cuts
I thought I’d have a look at the impact of the cuts proposed by the City Manager as a result of the “Core Services Review” in terms of...
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Walking Toronto comes to Facebook
I’ve set up a new Facebook group, “Walking Toronto“, to provide a venue for people who are interested in walking issues in our city and...
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London’s new walking wayfinding maps
I first heard about the “Legible London” project at the Walk21 conference in Toronto in 2007 — a plan for a new walking wayfinding...