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By Dylan Reid

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Madrid subway library

    I just came back from a trip to Madrid, where I saw this interesting idea – a miniature library module in a subway station. It seems like an...

  • Innovative ideas for John Street

    It’s not often I get to say that I underestimated the City of Toronto, but I’m happy to say it now. A year ago, I wrote about the City’s...

  • A suggested work-around for the Queen’s Quay conundrum

    This week, we heard that the long-standing plans for converting the southern part of Queen’s Quay Boulevard into attractive, landscaped walking and...