By Sean Marshall
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GO Transit’s new bike shelters
On a recent visit to my hometown of Brampton, I noticed a new GO Transit bike shelter freshly installed in front of the downtown Brampton station. The...
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Saturday’s Headlines
‘Snowmaggedon’ slowed down transit, but was no Snowpocalypse, unless perhaps you were trying to fly in or out of Pearson. Another 10cm is...
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Road Trip: Morgantown, West Virginia
Beechurst PRT Station with WVU Downtown Campus behind On a recent road trip to Pittsburgh, I decided to drive an hour south and a bit to cross the...
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Don’t use for confirmation of your information of your transportation from Spadina Station
You’ll be waiting a long time for the 77B on the TTC There’s an out-of-date map in the Walmer Road entrance to Spadina Station that...
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Update: Minimum service standards introduced
UPDATE: The TTC has just issued a press release heralding the surface route service improvements coming this Sunday. The TTC website now has the details...
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TTC subway map update: Back from the drawing board
The May 2008 version of the subway map. A brief update of an article first posted here in June: New subway maps dated September 2008 have just been...
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Google Maps’ sense of place
View Larger Map Google maps a long-demolished hospital and a rather strange landmark. I found myself aimlessly browsing through Google Maps lately...
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Thursday’s Headlines
• Cities hoping for a cash windfall [Toronto Star] • Court dismisses retailers’ objection to Bloor Street redevelopment • Barber...
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A tried and true alternate bus technology
In Saturday’s Headlines, Monica Warzecha posted a link to a Toronto Star article on the TTC’s problems with its hybrid diesel-electric bus...
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Shenzhen: China’s Instant City
The first half of my visit to China took me to the working class city of Changchun and the modern city of Dalian, both in Manchuria, in the northeast. The...
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Dalian: Heritage and Spectacle in China
Looking towards Friendship Square. The ball is supposedly supposed to resemble a soccer ball, and lights up in LED animations at night. While I was in...
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Changchun: China’s Detroit
Culture Square I recently spent a few weeks in China, but unlike most western tourists, I skipped Beijing and Shanghai and went straight to the...