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Mayor Chow’s cycling network challenge
PhD student Thomas van Laake analyzes the challenges faced by Mayor Chow and the City's cycling staff in accelerating the expansion of Toronto's cycling network.
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Olivia Chow’s revenue tools plan is the sound of one hand clapping
The new mayor has to move quickly to counter the tax-hating right of council
By John Lorinc -
On Municipal Declarations of Abuse Epidemics
Andrea Gunraj looks at the context around Mayor Chow's declaration of gender-based violence as a city-wide epidemic
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Reimagining Chinatown: In conversation with the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust
Upcoming film screenings highlight projects working to reimagine Toronto's Chinatown
By Linda Zhang -
In the Dark: Toronto and the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965
On the 20th anniversary of the great 2003 blackout, Jamie Bradburn shares the story of Torontonians' similar experiences with an earlier great blackout
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 072, From Leipzig With Love
This Spring, Spacing Radio had the opportunity to take the show on the road to the International Transport Forum in Leipzig, Germany. Now that the whole...
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OP-ED: Why we’re on a rent strike
Two residents of Thorncliffe Park explain why they and other residents are determined to continue a protest against above-guideline rent increases
By Sameer Beyan and Jawad Ukani -
OP-ED: Kensington Market needs its streets fixed, not redesigned
Dominique Russell, who lives and works in Kensington Market, argues place-making is fun, but place-keeping is more important
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Technical Difficulties
The Scarborough RT accident was absolutely predictable as policy-makers and riders have been aware of its deterioration for almost 20 years
By Sakeina Syed -
EXCERPT: The Letters, postmark prejudice in black and white
Sheila White's memoir of her parents' inter-racial marriage in Toronto in the 1940s
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The true disruptors at Collision 2023 were asking us to slow down and listen
Beyond the techno-hype at Collision, Indigenous activists and community engagement managers were working quietly to address social inequalities.
By Joseph Wilson -
LORINC: The great expectations of Olivia Chow
Toronto's new mayor rode into office with a refreshingly ambitious plan to repair the city's finances and its housing crisis
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered