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By Dylan Reid

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...