By Dylan Reid
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Reading List: Urban Code
I just finished a curious little book called Urban Code: 100 Lessons for Understanding the City. It’s by two Swiss architects who look at the...
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REID: Re-engineering road standards for cities
For a long time, road engineering standards have been a bane of good city-building. Generally designed to enable cars and trucks to travel safely at high...
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REID: Making it safer to walk to school
As is so often the case, it has taken a tragedy to get politicians talking about improving walking safety. This week, it was the killing of a high school...
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Considering the Bay/Bloor pedestrian scramble
Last night I attended a public meeting about changes to the intersection of Bay and Bloor, including a proposal by the City to remove the pedestrian...
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REID: Toronto is not a grid
We usually think of Toronto — at least the older part of it — as being based on a grid of streets. One of the city’s free weekly newspapers even...
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Pedestrian countdown signals reduce collisions
Last Thursday, a car performed an astonishingly dangerous turn in front of traffic at Lake Shore Blvd. and Bay. It collided with another car, and they...
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Checking out Ottawa’s new Bank St.
I was in Ottawa last weekend and strolled along Bank St. in the Glebe neighbourhood, which was recently re-done with new street furniture, art and paving...
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The elegance of the plastic bag fee
The plastic bag issue is returning to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on Wednesday. City staff are recommending a “comprehensiveÂ...
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Toronto Walking Policy Resources
A wide range of City of Toronto policies affect walking, but it’s not always easy to know about them or find them. This post provides a convenient...
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The 2013 Complete Streets Forum
If there’s one thing I learned from the 2013 Complete Streets Forum this week, it was that we in Toronto need to learn to market our city’s...
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Doing something about city’s most dangerous intersections for pedestrians
Tomorrow, Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee will look at a report from City staff that identifies the 100 worst intersections in...
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The Cycle and Sole Rally – walking and biking to Queen’s Park for pedestrian and cycling safety
On Saturday May 11, pedestrians and cyclists will converge on Queen’s Park from North, South, East and West for a rally to celebrate active...