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Urban Planet: The (New) World’s Tallest Tower
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...
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Paying for transit in the GTHA 3: Gas tax
Continuing my series from last week on potential revenue tools to pay for transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area, today we come to a regional...
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Monday’s headlines
CITY HALL Plastic bag ban: Ford pushes radio listeners to help get it rescinded [Toronto Star] Delegations off to Italy, China [Toronto Star] Top Toronto...
By Jonathan Zettel -
NO MEAN CITY: Two young architects’ house and design lab
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture In The Globe and Mail, I introduce the young firm BlackLAB Architects and their...
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Urban Planet: Citizen Engagement in Moscow’s Sleeping Districts
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...
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STREET SCENE: Augusta 13
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Paying for transit in the GTHA 2: Highway tolls
Road tolls are one of the oldest and most common forms of paying for transportation infrastructure — they go back millenia, and although they are...
By Dylan Reid -
Friday’s headlines
FORD Rob Ford denies ombudsman finding that his office meddled with civic appointments [Globe & Mail] Rob Ford administration...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Urban Planet: Home Ownership – good or bad?
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...
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Paying for transit in the GTHA,1: Commercial Parking Levy
In this series on the different options for raising the $2 billion/year needed to pay for new transit in the GTHA, I am starting with the idea of a...
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Thursday’s headlines
SCHOOLS • Plans for queer-centric high school put on hold [Toronto Star] • Media shut out of Toronto gay-centric high school meeting [Toronto Sun...
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Paying for transit in the GTHA: The big four
The Toronto region is very congested, and if it is going to continue to grow, it needs more and better public transit. At this point in time, most people...
By Dylan Reid
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered