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Shell shock and paralysis
Last week, as pedestrian deaths in the GTA mounted, several media outlets asked me how I felt about this seeming epidemic. I generally replied that I was...
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World Wide Wednesday: Portland, Detroit and Port-au-Prince
Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites...
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Residents propose a fix to Queen streetcar route
As Transit City pushes forward — the Finch LRT was approved yesterday at city council — with the goal of providing reliable public transport to the...
By Marcus Bowman -
Wednesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Go ahead, tell ’em what you think of the TTC [ Toronto Star ] • Fiorito: Many riders abusive, insulting, TTC worker says [ Toronto Star ...
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CBC’s National focuses blame on pedestrians for getting killed
CBC’s The National for Jan. 26 just ran a segment on the wave of pedestrians killed by vehicles in the GTA in the past three weeks. Without...
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STREET SCENE: Look Up
More from My Look Up Series. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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The Chinese pedestrian environment: Beijing and Shanghai
The famous shopping street Nanjing Road in Shanghai, China On a recent trip to China I discovered that one of the most striking features of Chinese...
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Tuesday’s headlines
ADRIAN HEAPS • Adrian Heaps refuses reimbursement for legal bills [ Toronto Star ] • Adrian Heaps refuses legal-fee reimbursement [ Globe & Mail ...
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Short-turning towards Gomorrah
“Keep it clean,” says the advisory at the top of Trash Talk the TTC. “Harassment or discrimination is not tolerated.” Well...
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Watch NFB: Memories of Angels (full-length film now online)
Memories of Angels was one of the NFB’s most exciting films last year and is now online in its entirety. The film, a mash-up of beautiful...
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JOHN LORINC: You snooze, you lose
For the TTC, it’s been a perfect storm. In under a month, we’ve seen the fare hike, Richard Soberman’s post mortem, Rocco Rossi’s call for a Transit City...
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Monday’s headlines
TTC • Snoozing TTC collector offers apology [ Toronto Sun ] • Sleepy transit worker a hero [ Toronto Sun ] • TTC union boss discouraged by public’s...
By Katia Snukal
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered