Infrastructure

Analysis: the permanent King Street transit way is a model for all Toronto

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The Toronto Streetcar, older or newer type, is an ever-present symbol of the city. The red, black and white TTC colours trundle along... Read More

From Bach to Transport: Leipzig holds a key to the future of cities & Canadians should pay attention

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The International Transportation Forum is an inter-governmental organization of the OECD. It holds a summit of transport ministers... Read More

LORINC: The time to plan for the driverless revolution is now

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During a week when the city was buzzing with thousands of tech types here for the ritual in-gathering that is the Collision... Read More

Safe Travels: Muslim Women on the move

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In December 2015, I was scheduled to speak at the Toronto Dawah Centre in the Bloor Dufferin neighbourhood. Various faith communities... Read More

Suburban land use & climate change: Making the connections and taking action

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In the wake of the sudden and unexpected announcement of the termination of her position, the Environmental Commissioner for the... Read More

CodeRedTO Op Ed: Does Toronto transit need an upload? Or a download?

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By Cameron MacLeod There’s been significant discussion on changing the regional transit org chart recently. Unfortunately, this hasn’t... Read More

Doug Ford’s TTC subway upload and Margaret Thatcher’s cautionary tale

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As the province contemplates major structural change to Toronto’s transit system, I want to offer London’s rocky history... Read More

Can we stop talking about congestion? It’s not the point

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This is probably a pointless plea, but can we stop talking about congestion? Our conversations about transportation in Canadian urban... Read More

Is good regional transit planning impossible?

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Image: Christof Spieler, Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit, Island Press. The recent news from Vancouver is... Read More