Infrastructure
-
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 088, Big City Mayor Takes on Canadian Housing
In this episode, with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pick of former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson as Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, we...
By Glyn Bowerman -
Reversing the Ford government’s biking backlash
At a time when Washington has launched a scorched earth attack on virtually all federal climate policies, the Ford government’s hyper-partisan...
By John Lorinc -
Toronto, City of Gas, 1909-1936, Part 2
The virtual exhibition that accompanied Part 1 of my article on Micklethwaite Studio’s photography for Consumers’ Gas included a wide range of...
By Peter MacCallum -
High speed rail arrives at a low speed… again
It’s curious and quaint how successive generations of federal Liberals rekindle their (rhetorical) affection for high-speed rail (HSR) at almost...
By John Lorinc -
Toronto, City of Gas, 1909-1936
Once they had been declared functionally obsolete, most of the monumental industrial structures that figured on the skylines of North American cities...
By Peter MacCallum -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 085, City accounting for global chaos
With Justin Trudeau stepping down as Prime Minister and the very real possibility of an federal election, Premier Doug Ford mulling over a snap provincial...
By Spacing Radio -
When data beats gut feelings about traffic
Digital data is an important component of transportation management, used by City officials both as a planning tool and to measure the success of...
By Anna Artyushina -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 084, Two housing carols
This time of year, with the temperature below freezing, it feels appropriate to talk about housing. So, we’re bringing you two conversations with...
By Spacing Radio -
For Metrolinx, Queen and Spadina is an idling-bylaw-free zone
A project map circulated by Metrolinx shows that the Ontario Line subway’s Queen and Spadina station will be aligned with Queen Street and centred...
By Peter MacCallum -
EVENT: Strollin’ — an evening talking about walking November 28
WHAT: An evening talking about walking on November 28 at 6PM. WHO: Shawn Micallef, Spacing Sr. Editor, Toronto Star columnist and University College...
By Spacing -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 083, The War on Bikes
With Premier Doug Ford’s repeated promises to rip up bike lanes in Toronto, and possibly even other Ontario cities and towns, we’ve decided to...
By Spacing Radio -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 082, Toronto’s political gridlock
This month, we respond to Doug Ford’s stated plan of banning new bike lanes in Ontario municipalities and building an underground highway from...
By Spacing Radio