Bikes

The Fort York Bridge: how I learned to stop worrying and love that Toronto sucks

This is a stupid old story that we’re all bored with, but you know when people mumble “Toronto sucks” or “Toronto isn’t...

Headspace: The Fort York Pedestrian Cycle Bridge

This regular online series will feature interviews with fascinating and influential urban thinkers, with a focus on discussing how Toronto can become a...

STREET SCENE: Yellow Tires

On Bicycle Boulevards in Toronto

There is a spectre haunting the streets of Toronto — the spectre of separated bike lanes. Okay, perhaps it’s not quite that dramatic, but being a...

Toronto’s Next Steps on Complete Streets

At this year’s fourth annual Complete Streets Forum, Eva Ligeti, Executive Director of the Clean Air Partnership, emphasized that “the continued business...

Complete Streets: An Interview with TCAT’s Nancy Smith Lea

It’s been a big year for Toronto’s streets. The good: Bixi is set to launch on May 3rd and Jarvis received a new bike lane. The not so good: we’ve seen...

City seeks to eliminate citizens’ advisory committees

Toronto’s City Manager has sent a proposal to City Council’s executive committee for their April 20 meeting that seeks to eliminate most...

Headspace: Economist Jeff Rubin discusses Peak Oil

This regular online series will feature interviews with fascinating and influential urban thinkers, with a focus on discussing how Toronto can become a...

The Myth of the Cyclist as Urban Warrior

Hell hath no fury like a biker scorned. The New Yorker’s John Cassidy learned this the hard way after his blog post, “Battle of the Bike...

Stories from the Big Apple: New York City’s bike lane backlash

A press gallery silenced. A mayor building a reputation for being MIA. Councillor Minnan-Wong proposing forward thinking bike infrastructure on main...

Dutch sidewalk covered bike parking

I was in the town of Delft, in the Netherlands, a while ago and saw these ingenious pieces of bike infrastructure. I was told while I was in the...

PODCAST: Saving BIXI, Bronson Avenue, and our parks

LISTEN TO THE NEW SPACING RADIO PODCAST! While some parks are jam-packed with kids, dog walkers and seniors practicing Tai Chi, others are deserted and...