By Dylan Reid
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Montreal Considers a Pedestrian Charter
The City of Montreal is considering adopting a Pedestrian Charter (Toronto was the first North American city to adopt one, in 2002). Unlike...
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The Impacts of Traffic on Health
The City of Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health released a damning report in March on “The Impacts of Traffic on Health”. The report is...
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Cycling Goes Suburbs
Encouraging news — the City of Markham is developing a cycling plan, including transportation as well as recreation. And it’s going to be...
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Sprawl from Space
Two University of Toronto profs and some others have studied the spread of urban sprawl in the late 20th century by creating composite satellite maps of...
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Pressure from West-end Waterfront residents working on Watson
In April, the Spacing Wire reported on a plan to turn some waterfront parkland near the newly renovated Palais Royale into a parking lot. The Parkdale...
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Inner City Outtripping
Spacing Editor Dale Duncan has written in Eye about a program in Toronto that takes inner-city youth on camping trips within the city itself, using areas...
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King-Spadina Area Plan Review
Last night, I attended a very interesting presentation/workshop about a review of the city’s “secondary plan” (the detailed urban...
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To Wear or Not To Wear
A grad student recently did a study of the percentage of Toronto bike riders who wear helmets (it is voluntary if you’re over 18). Turns out that...
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Commuting by Transit in the ‘Burbs
The Star published a very interesting story about the extraordinarily long transit commutes factory workers (mostly immigrant) have to make between areas...
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Pedestrian Crossover Update
Update on the city’s pedestrian crossover initiative — council has approved it. From the Adam Giambrone e-newsletter: Council approved a...
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Interesting City Bits
Here are a few delighful bits of the city to watch out for on summer walks. Subway Mural I found this great mural of a subway train along Richmond Street...
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Union Station Precinct Plan
The Union Station Precinct Plan, prepared by a team of consultants led by Architects Alliance, has been released. It addresses the re-design of the public...