By Dylan Reid
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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...
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Street Furniture Placement Open House
The City of Toronto is hosting an open house to provide the public with an opportunity to learn about the Street Furniture draft Placement Guidelines and...