By Dylan Reid
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Montreal Cycling
On my recent trip to Montreal, I found the city’s cycling projects very interesting. Of course, Montreal cyclists will tell you they have many...
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Building Neighbourhoods along with Subways
Urban consultant and former councillor Richard Gilbert has a very interesting op-ed in the Star today arguing that each of the proposed new subway...
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Montreal Info Pillars
On a recent trip to Montreal, my host pointed out a new, larger type of info/ad pillar the city has introduced. Montreal has always had info/ad-pillars...
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DuskTOdark Cycling Adventure
On September 15, Toronto will see its first “Dusk TO Dark” evening mass cycle ride, a 25km trip through the waterfront starting at Fort York...
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Streets to Screens 2006 Outdoor Launch Party
Free outdoor screening and launch party: Thursday August 24, 2006 Date: Thursday August 24, 2006 Location: Bellevue Square Park, Kensington Market Time...
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So Much for a Bike Lane
It’s bad enough that the city only created 1 km of bike lanes last year. What’s even worse is that the city is allowing those bike lanes that...
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Kensington Labyrinth
They’ve painted a labyrinth in Kensington Market, at the corner of Kensington and St. Andrew. I believe it’s part of the Kensington Pedestrian...
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Pedestrian Collisions
The City of Toronto recently released the statistics for collisions involving pedestrians in 2005 (PDF file). Although the year-to-year changes are...
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Bike Theft Under Police Noses
A Star reporter wrote a story today describing how her bike was stolen from in front of police headquarters. It’s a perfect symbol of how little...
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The “Bystander Effect”
The Star ran an interesting story this week about the “bystander effect.” Apparently, when a crime is happening in public, the likelihood of a...
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Major walking conference coming to Toronto
City Council has just approved a proposal for Toronto to host the major world annual conference on pedestrianism, Walk21, in 2007, in conjunction with...
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Cross Where You Want
Pedestrians in Toronto have the right to cross the street wherever they want (with a few restrictions). We tend to think of crossing the street mid-block...