Bikes
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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...
By Siva Vijenthira -
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...
By Dylan Reid -
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...
By Dylan Reid -
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 -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 005, Shake It Up
This is the companion episode to the latest issue of Spacing Magazine, with a focus on celebrating women in city building. We talk to Pamela Robinson...
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LORINC: Let’s have a public conversation about our phones and cycling
Here’s a bike safety question: Are more cyclists texting or checking their smart phones while riding? I can’t provide empirical evidence to say the answer...
By John Lorinc -
The sidepath: a solution for suburban cycling infrastructure
On busy suburban roads, sidepaths offer an appealing alternative to installing bike lanes. But where they have been implemented, there are some major...
By Sean Marshall -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 001 with Janette Sadik-Khan
Welcome to the return of Spacing Radio, a monthly podcast that uncovers Toronto and Canadian urbanism. In episode 001, we sit down with Denise Pinto...
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Top 5 reasons to roll out the Bike Plan as soon as possible
A cross-post from Cycle Toronto Since 2014, we’ve been calling on City Council to build a city-wide Minimum Grid of 100km of protected bike lanes...
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INFOGRAPHIC: The business of bikes and parking
EDITOR’S NOTE: There has been some debate about whether bike lanes on Bloor would hurt or harm businesses. Spacing is republishing this infographic from...
By Spacing