By Shoshanna Saxe
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Toronto needs to create space for people during (and after) the pandemic
In the coming weeks and months, we will have the luxury and the obligation to worry about challenges in addition to the threat of COVID-19. Sooner rather...
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To interchange or not to interchange: Spadina vs. St. George?
Toronto’s four subway routes are easy to navigate. Trains always run the same routes and there are only five interchange stations. Switching lines is...
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Building the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension
The Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension (TYSSE) is advancing towards completion in the Northwest end of the city. The project is now scheduled to open...
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Remembering an Olympic scramble intersection party
As City Council considers removal of the scramble at Bay and Bloor, many issues are up for debate: safety, usage levels and traffic congestion, the...
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Remember the greenhouse gases
Toronto’s intense debate about transit and mobility has focused on access, cost and travel speed. Another important issue, one that’s often left out of...
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Does Toronto need a transit referendum?
Transit referendums are a common tool in the US to raise money for infrastructure investment. I have not found evidence of them being used to date in...
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Toronto’s swelling bedrock
In general, Toronto is a relatively easy place to build underground. Our glacial history left the city with stiff clayey soil and our earthquakes are...
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That time when Toronto’s subway was the best in North America
With this post, Spacing Toronto welcomes a new contributor, Shoshanna Saxe. Shoshanna is a proud Torontonian and a civil engineer. From 2009 to 2012 she...