By Dylan Reid
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Reverse Graffiti
Reverse graffiti is a practice where the artist creates a design by cleaning grime selectively off a wall, so that the cleaned sections stand out. The...
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Gentrify this
There’s been a lot of discussion in recent years in Toronto about the gentrification of formerly “ethnic” and low-income neighbourhoods...
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Traffic Tales movie night
The Streets to Screens movie series will feature two movies about sustainable transportation on Thursday, October 26, at the Bloor Cinema at 7pm. The...
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Star’s new transportation column
The Toronto Star has a new transportation columnist, David Bruser, and in today’s column he asks readers to tell him about their problems with...
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Project for Public Spaces presentation
On Wednesday, October 25, 2006, Fred Kent, President of Project for Public Spaces, will be speaking in the Council Chamber of City Hall between 1:00 PM...
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Walking Man vs. Raised Right Hand
We don’t usually signal articles that aren’t available online, but I feel the need to make an exception for the delighful and informative...
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Walking while black?
[Edit – I received comments that my original version of this report included too much speculation. I have removed most of the speculation. Instead...
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U of T Student? Vote Bikechain!
A quick public service message: The University of Toronto’s excellent BikeChain free bike-repair program needs to be supported in a student...
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Beach Party Blues
NOW magazine had an interesting article this week about the police closing down a regular all-day all-ages “Promise party” that has been held...
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Pedestrian Science
The Brits have created a machine for walkers — a big suspended platform that can simulate a range of pedestrian environments and situations in order...
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Wente takes the TTC
A year ago, Globe columnist Margaret Wente wrote a column glorifying her SUV and dismissing public transit as something you only take when you have to...
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Streets are for people?
The Sunday Toronto Star has a great article about how the automobile muscled its way into becoming the sole master of the roadway at the beginning of the...