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The cure for subway train congestion has arrived
According to a recent Toronto Transit Commission report, ridership across the city’s public transit system is growing at a rate “well above industry-wide...
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Urban Planet: LumaHelm – A Gesture Controlled Helmet
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 -
NO MEAN CITY: Ossington Avenue, condofication, and the changing city
On Ossington Avenue yesterday, I saw front-end loaders turning an old warehouse into rubble and crumbs. If you’ve been following the news you may...
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Thursday’s headlines
ONECITY • Council derails OneCity transit plan [Toronto Sun] • Karen Stintz’s OneCity plan goes ‘down in flames’ [National Post] • City council set for...
By Mairin Piccinin -
Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Taiwan’s UFO hotel
Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. On the outskirts of Taipei sat these...
By Mike Bulko -
Wednesday’s headlines
ONECITY • OneCity: Councillors set to tussle over TTC chair Karen Stintz’s transit plan [Toronto Star] • Scarborough subway back on the table after...
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ZED.TO infects Spacing Toronto
In case you’ve been living under a rock (or in the steely comfort of a backyard bomb shelter) for the last few years, you’ve probably heard a...
By Chet Getram -
Urban Planet: Beijing’s Olympic Venues in Disrepair
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: Art Spin (After Lilly’s Lunches)
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Rob Ford’s allies not sold on his tax freeze proposal [Toronto Star] • TCHC CEO wants to sell Rosedale headquarters [The Sun] • No replacement...
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Urban Planet: Subway Readers
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 -
LORINC: Shelley Carroll’s case for patience on transit plan
Is Shelley Carroll merely pouting about not getting her fair share of the OneCity limelight, or does she have a legitimate critique of the much-lauded...
By John Lorinc
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered