By Dylan Reid
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Awe in the city
The study of awe — the kind of jaw-dropping experience that makes you recalibrate your understanding of the world — originated with natural phenomena...
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How is your ward feeling today?
Social media and GPS are creating opportunities to map cities in many new ways. They also provide the opportunity to map city data as it flows in real...
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REID: Busting some myths about pedestrian collisions
Toronto Public Health published a report this week analyzing the police statistics for collisions where vehicles hit pedestrians and cyclists, Pedestrian...
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REID: Slowly moving towards speed reductions in Toronto
In the most recent issue of Spacing, I wrote about how the idea of “slow zones” is being overtaken by universal speed reductions in cities in...
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EVENT: A Walk With “Born to Walk” author Dan Rubinstein
Walk Toronto is hosting a walk with journalist and author Dan Rubinstein, who is about to publish his new book Born to Walk: The Transformative Power of a...
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REID: Some thoughts on the 1 Bloor West proposal
Last week, the owner of the land at 1 Bloor West (the former location of Stollery’s, plus some adjacent property) unveiled a proposal for a dramatic...
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REID: That’s a nice laneway, but it’s no woonerf
One of the more intriguing elements of the West Don Lands development was the promise that it would include some “woonerfs“ — a Dutch...
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REID: To press or not to press: a guide to pedestrian buttons
I’ve seen a few inquiries recently by people who noticed pedestrian signal push-buttons being installed at major intersections. They found it odd...
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REID: Laneways as shared spaces
Last week, I was part of a panel discussion about the potential of Toronto’s laneways, organized by The Laneways Project. I talked about the way...
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Fallen Toronto
Long-time Spacing illustrator Matthew Borrett has re-imagined his popular “Future Shoreline?” image, which appeared in the magazine’s...
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REID: How many people vote randomly for school board trustee?
I’ve noticed that, in school board elections, even the bottom candidates tend to get a fairly large number of votes compared to the bottom...
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REID: Election survey shows strong support for sustainable transportation among candidates
This morning, the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) released the results of a survey of council and mayoral candidates that asked 12...