By Sean Marshall
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Lost villages: Barbertown
After a lengthy hiatus, I bring you the latest installment in my occasional series on the “lost villages” of the Greater Toronto Area...
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ELECTION: Public space invading signs
The City of Toronto has some of the strictest regulations in Ontario regarding the placement of those ubiquitous election signs that come with every...
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Sometimes, it’s about the small public spaces
On Sunday, September 26, I attended the official opening and dedication of the new Robert Leek Memorial Park, a small, yet thoughtful public space tucked...
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New TTC station maps: Third time not the charm
Back in September of 2009, I reported on the new station vicinity maps that were appearing throughout the TTC subway system. These new maps were intended...
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Metrolinx releases revised transit timetable
At the Toronto Board of Trade yesterday, Metrolinx Chair Robert Pritchard officially announced the revised timetable for construction of the Transit City...
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Lost villages: Pickering’s Peculiar Predicament
Pickering Village, at the corner of Kingston Road and Church Street in Durham Region is a great example of a village hidden in plain sight. Thousands of...
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Building a transit suburb: 501 Queen comes to Brampton
I was in my hometown of Brampton twice in the past several weeks to attend two transit open houses: a public information centre for the Hurontario-Main...
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Traffic lights don’t have to be ugly: designs Toronto could learn from
Could traffic lights get any uglier than on St. Clair? In the Infrastructure Fetish feature of the new issue of Spacing, I wrote a lament to...
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“Admiral Adam” launches Amphibious City
Sneek peak of new TTC BRT vehicle. (Co-written with Steve Munro and cross-posted on his blog) Spacing exclusive – we have learned that the Toronto...
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GO and TTC: Pay more for less
On January 1, 2010, the TTC raised the cost of adult tokens and cash fare by 25 cents. On March 20 2010, GO Transit will raise fares by 25 cents per...
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Transport in Bogotá: Buses, Bikes, and Bans
Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Bogotá. As late as a year ago, I had never expected to visit Colombia, as it was not on my radar as an...
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Disco Road: The land that metric forgot
An old street sign in the foreground, with a newer metric speed limit sign and the Disco Road waste transfer station in the background. Disco Road, a...