Infrastructure
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A suggested work-around for the Queen’s Quay conundrum
This week, we heard that the long-standing plans for converting the southern part of Queen’s Quay Boulevard into attractive, landscaped walking and...
By Dylan Reid -
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...
By Luca De Franco -
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...
By Hilary Best -
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...
By Hilary Best -
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...
By Luca De Franco -
LED street lights make their GTA debuts
Lakeshore Road, Oakville The Town of Oakville just completed the reconstruction of Lakeshore Road between Mississaga Road (near the old village of Bronte...
By Sean Marshall -
Street Stories: Victoria Park Avenue
In the wake of October’s election, much has been made of differences and divisions amongst Toronto’s population. The city’s Victoria Park Avenue is no...
By Eric Mutrie -
Drivers should love Toronto’s bike box, too
Jake Tobin Garrett moved to Toronto earlier this year from Vancouver. Here, he provides some perspective on his experience with bike boxes in his former...
By Spacing -
VIDEO: Lake Shore Blvd. bridge demolition time-lapse
Lake Shore Blvd. westbound bridge demolition from Spacing Magazine on Vimeo. As part of the City’s plan to upgrade its aging infrastructure (with...
By Matthew Blackett -
So many bikes
I’ve been cycling to my job at the University of Toronto for several years now, and each year there have been a few more bikes parked there. But...
By Dylan Reid -
Raising the road to meet the sidewalk
There’s an interesting little piece of infrastructure innovation on the west side of University Ave. at Orde St., just south of College in the...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: Frankly, Miller has done good
John Lorinc will return to his election coverage columns in two weeks. In the meantime, here is his column from the Summer 2010 issue of Spacing. With...
By John Lorinc