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  • Walk21 appetizer

    A quick reminder that there are several community events in the next couple of days related to the Walk21 conference starting this evening in Toronto. I...

  • Winter cycling in Toronto vs. Copenhagen

    I was at a meeting of cyclists last night when the topic of cycling in the winter came up. One person made a reference I have heard before: that in...

  • Walk21 Community Events

    Walk21, the annual international conference on all things walking and pedestrian, is taking place in Toronto next week (Oct. 1-4). The program is full of...

  • Walking Art Party!

    In conjunction with the “Walking Life” exhibit currently running at the Gladstone, there is a walking-art-making party taking place on Monday...

  • Car-Free Day film night

    WHAT: Screening of Contested Streets and panel discussion WHEN: South Riverdale Health Centre, 955 Queen St. East at Carlaw WHERE: Tuesday, September...

  • “Walking Life” — exhibit opens this Sunday

    Walking Life is a month-long exhibition, showcasing work created both by artists and community members, that celebrates the experience of walking. The...

  • City destroys natural front garden

    The National Post reported yesterday on how City of Toronto bylaw enforcement officers destroyed a homeowner’s carefully tended but wild-looking...

  • Join “The Climb”

    I recently met the Toronto-based artist Laura Nanni, who does a lot of work around the theme of walking in collaboration with Sorrel Muggridge, a British...

  • Sidewalk Etiquette

    Bert Archer has written an interesting article in the Globe and Mail‘s Toronto section about the ins and outs of sidewalk etiquette. He points out...

  • The Toronto Pedestrian Committee wants YOU!

    (This is a reminder re-posting – the deadline is this Wednesday, August 22, at 4:00pm) Help make Toronto a more walkable city. The Toronto...

  • Cycling/Walking weekly email newsletter

    The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation, a group of organizations who have come together to push for improvements for pedestrians and cyclists in...

  • Alley Jaunt this weekend

    The Alley Jaunt — the annual exhibition of local artists showing their works in the garages of the alleys around Trinity-Bellwoods park — is...