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By Dylan Reid

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Willcocks goes pedestrian

    Last week, I went to have a look at how the new pedestrian space pilot project in the University of Toronto is coming along. A block of Willcocks Street...

  • So many bikes

    I’ve been cycling to my job at the University of Toronto for several years now, and each year there have been a few more bikes parked there. But...

  • Dept. of Cute Signs: “Walk your Bike” sidewalk stencil

    I was in Stratford, Ontario last weekend and noticed this stencil on the sidewalks at intersections, indicating that people should walk their bikes when...

  • Tunnels and Transportation — how commuters get downtown

    Plenty of attention has been paid to exploring the logistical and financial problems with Rocco Rossi’s proposal to build a tunnel for vehicle...

  • Raising the road to meet the sidewalk

    There’s an interesting little piece of infrastructure innovation on the west side of University Ave. at Orde St., just south of College in the...

  • City shying away from shared street on John

    Last fall, I took part in a walkabout along and around John Street with an urban planner who was working on a master plan for the Entertainment District...

  • G20: Aftermath on Spadina

    In the aftermath of the Queen-Spadina mass arrest, Spadina north of Richmond was littered with the plastic cuffs used on those who were detained and then...

  • Dept. of Funny Signs: G20 overkill?

    I can understand why closed-down liquor stores around the G20 summit area might get boarded up this weekend, but for a clothing store (on Queen west of...