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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

By Matthew Blackett

  • Low floor buses a bust

    Both Howard Moscoe and Chief General Manager Gary Webster say the new low-floor buses have been a failure due to their poor seating in the rear of the...

  • Hume has Stockholm Syndrome, too

    Even along the major roadways of Stockholm you find the different types of traffic are separate: bus lanes, car/truck lanes, and a fenced off cycling...

  • Pitfield won’t quit anti-panhandling bylaw

    The Toronto Sun is reporting mayoral candidate Jane Pitfield won’t let go of her anti-panhandling bylaw: “Mayoral candidate Jane Pitfield...

  • TTC merchandise commentary in Eye Weekly

    Liz Clayton has a story this week in Eye about the new store TTC Transit Stuff (she also wrote about Spacing’s subway buttons). Read the full...

  • JAMES: New blood needed

    Photo of John Sewell by RENE JOHNSTON/TORONTO STAR This is the period during an election where the finer points of platforms are not usually debated in...

  • HUME: show some leadership, Pitfield!

    I opened up my copy of the Star today to find a grumpy Christopher Hume. He laid into Jane Pitfield’s platform of tax cuts and hiring freezes. His...

  • New York looks to control ad blight

    Torontonians often use New York as an example of a North American city that has vibrant public spaces and decent urban planning. Specifically, we hear...

  • Monarchs everywhere!

    Monarchs, monarchs, everywhere! From today’s Star: They’re suddenly everywhere — majestic black and orange butterflies fluttering in...

  • Subway Navigator

    I was recently forwarded the Subway Navigator site which has a number of international cities’ subway maps and can help you figure out how to get...

  • Tuesday’s headlines

    • Follow the leader game just unfair to challengers: Royson James has a good piece in the Star today about the upcoming city election...

  • SPACING: new issue in two weeks!

    September is a busy month for Spacing. We have a few announcements to make (which you may want to mark down in your calendar). 1. New issue of Spacing! In...

  • Popular August posts on the Spacing Wire

    In mid-March of 2006 we decided to activate our comments section to let Spacing Wire readers have their say, too. We’ve been very happy with the...