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LORINC: Ceasefire or armistice between TTC and Metrolinx?
At the press conference last week where the TTC and Metrolinx declared their latest truce, I asked Liberal infrastructure minister Bob Chiarelli whether...
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL Toronto charts a path to car-free streets [Globe &Mail] GTA residents divided on best route for transit funding: poll [Globe &Mail...
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TODERIAN: It’s not about the bike or car —it’s about better cities
Brent Toderian is the former chief planner for Vancouver and writes regularly for Spacing Vancouver This week, I watched with concern Canada’s...
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Instaflaneur: leaf peeping on the DVP
This Thanksgiving weekend the leaves are at about peak colour in Toronto — but there’s no need to leave the city. Just wander any of the...
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Music video uses photos from Archives
How can you not love this music video? Local singer Lisa Conway’s video for “Oh How Love” uses images from the City of Toronto Archive and the TTC.
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Going to Transit School with OCAD’s Deanne Fisher
“Going to School: A Transit Conference for the GTHA” took place last week at York University in front of a crowd of more than 150 transit...
By Andrew Russell -
Urban Planet: NETWORK_LA
Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...
By Hilary Best -
STREET SCENE: Augusta 6
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Paying for transit in the GTHA: further questions
This series of posts about ways to pay for new transit infrastructure in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area is only a start to what is a big...
By Dylan Reid -
Instaflaneur: Oh, Jarvis, he howled, and scowled, and wrote.
These “instapics” have been fewer in the last month due to my iPhone getting itself stolen in London a month ago (beware of cycling...
By Shawn Micallef -
Friday’s headlines
PLASTIC BAG BAN Public hearings set on Toronto’s plastic bag ban [Toronto Star] Council vote map: Revisit plastic bag ban [Toronto Star] Public...
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EVENT: Architect Burton Hamfelt on “the Urbanization of Architecture”
WHAT: bulthaup Lecture at the University of Toronto WHEN: Tuesday, October 9 WHERE: The Daniels Faculty, 230 College Street, Room 103 Next week, architect...
By Dale Duncan
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered