Bikes
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We need surface transit innovations while Toronto waits for subways
Whether or not you like Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s transit plan for the GTA, none of it is going to help us anytime soon. Its nearly $29 billion in new...
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Analysis: the permanent King Street transit way is a model for all Toronto
The Toronto Streetcar, older or newer type, is an ever-present symbol of the city. The red, black and white TTC colours trundle along century old tracks...
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Opening conversations about active transportation in racialized suburbs
This guest post is by members of Transportation Equity Toronto, the organizers of the Mini Conference on Racial Equity and Active Transportation (bios at...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 035, Activate
In this episode, we join Thomas McKechnie, playwright and organizer with Foodsters United — a new union working for a fair deal for food delivery workers...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 026, Interesting Times
In this episode, we speak with Cycle Toronto’s Liz Sutherland for a Vision Zero update, and what the new Ontario government means to cycling...
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CITY ELECTION: Fixing Vision Zero, guest column by Sarah Climenhaga
EDITOR’S NOTE Spacing is inviting candidates who are running for city council this fall to share their opinions on numerous city-building topics...
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LORINC: Toronto’s road safety shame
LEIPZIG, GERMANY, reporting from the International Transport Forum — The contrast could scarcely be starker: with yet another death last week driving up...
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The cycle of independence
A fun fact to bring up at parties is that cycling helped get women the right to vote. Sort of. At the end of the 19th century, women had been demanding...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 013, Birthday
It’s the one-year anniversary of the relaunch! Last year, we took you to the celebration party for the approval of the Bloor bike lanes pilot. Now...
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REID: “You cannot talk fatalities down” – international insights on walking and cycling
When I asked Anders Lie, the Swedish expert on the Vision Zero traffic safety program, about cities (like Toronto) where politicians lay claim to the...
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REID: Transforming Buenos Aires
A radical transformation of the centre of Buenos Aires, Argentina, combining a new Bus Rapid Transit project and a pedestrian-and-cyclist priority...
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REID: The value of federal support for cycling
Canadian bike and walking advocates have been working to try to get the federal government to engage with, and provide financial support to, cycling and...
By Dylan Reid