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By Dylan Reid

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • The Importance of Everyday Architecture

    I’m not always on exactly the same page as the Star‘s architecture/urban critic Christopher Hume when it comes to individual buildings, but I...

  • BBC Radio: “Making Cities Work”

    BBC World Service radio has an interesting series called “Making Cities Work“, available for listening in streaming or downloadable formats...

  • Public Space Events Galore

    This weekend seems to be one of the most intense festive periods of the year in Toronto’s public spaces. Big chunks of the downtown will be closed...

  • CP24 — Everywhere, even the sidewalk

    I like CP24. It’s a useful channel, and does some good local features. I can even imagine that in rare instances, for a breaking news story on a...

  • A Roar

    I was walking home through Hart House Circle, in the heart of the largely-deserted University of Toronto. There were not a lot of people around. I had...

  • Walking Philosophy

    Pedestrians will take the shortest available route where they need to go. And there’s really no reason why they shouldn’t be able...

  • Birds vs. Boards and Other News

    TTC streetcars are flying little Canadian flags off their back wires this weekend. I find this a charming little touch. NOW has an interesting article...