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By Dylan Reid

  • 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...

  • Walking art, walking life: projects and resources

    As mentioned in an earlier post, I am helping to put together “Walking Life,” an exhibition of art about walking, which will accompany the...

  • Pedestrian-Friendly Gould Street Design Competition

    In conjunction with the international Walk21 conference being hosted by the City of Toronto in early October, Ryerson University is launching an...

  • Walking Life: Call for Submissions

    Walking Life will be a month-long exhibit showcasing work created both by artists and community members that celebrates the experience of walking. The...

  • First Pedestrian Sunday outside Kensington Market

    Pedestrian Sundays are expanding this weekend. The first “Pedestrian Sunday” to take place outside Kensington Market is happening this Sunday...

  • Walking consultation #2

    The City of Toronto is holding its second public consultation meeting to get citizen input into its development of a Walking Strategy for the city of...

  • Montreal notes

    Back in May, Spacing publisher Matt Blackett and myself drove up to Montreal for a few days to work on a Spacing project (details to come). While we were...

  • Supreme Court establishes right to open city governments

    London, Ontario city hall  In a pleasing precedent, the Supreme Court of Canada last week ruled unanimously that all Ontarians have a right to observe...

  • Open Cities Toronto 2007

    Here’s a stimulating event for the weekend: Open Cities Toronto 2007 is a weekend-long web of conversation and celebration that asks: how do we...