By Dylan Reid
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GTA Summit transportation notes: Radical McCallion, “Toronto’s Mohawk” and more
Figures are for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. From GTA Summit backgrounder, Keeping on Track (PDF) I was fortunate to be invited to take part in...
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Dutch sidewalk covered bike parking
I was in the town of Delft, in the Netherlands, a while ago and saw these ingenious pieces of bike infrastructure. I was told while I was in the...
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It’s “Year of the Entrepreneur” — we could start with street food
The federal government earlier this week designated 2011 as the “Year of the Entrepreneur”. A worthy cause, certainly, but as news stories...
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Poll shows support for keeping some of Transit City
An interesting poll was released today (PDF) by Leger Marketing that looks at Torontonian’s opinions about our city’s transit options and...
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Could a neighbourhood be carbon-neutral?
“Project Neutral” is a new volunteer-based initiative whose goal is to work with a Toronto neighbourhood towards achieving carbon-neutrality...
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Property tax “freeze” = tax cut
With the City of Toronto introducing a budget with a property tax “freeze,” it’s worth remembering that when it comes to property taxes...
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Literal street names
Here’s a Sunday afternoon pastime — I was walking up Broadview Ave. on that suddenly mild New Year’s Day and was reminded again how that...
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Who’s that sitting on my standing committee?
A lot of attention has been paid to how Rob Ford has filled City Council’s executive committees (see Jonathan Goldsbie’s piece yesterday). But...
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Sharing responsibility for pedestrian safety
Yesterday, a Canadian Press story made the media rounds noting a small spike in pedestrians hit by vehicles in Toronto, including one death on Wednesday...
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The new council on walking and cycling
Before the municipal election, the Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation conducted a survey of candidate’s positions on walking and cycling...
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ELECTION: Some election number-crunching
There’s been quite a bit of number-crunching of the results of Toronto’s municipal election in both the paper media (see Headlines below) and...
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Chicago high-rise parking
I recently went on a trip to Chicago. One of the many things that struck me about this remarkable city was quite a few instances of high-rise buildings...