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Thursday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Viva bus drivers on strike [ Toronto Star ] • Viva bus drivers vote to strike [ Globe and Mail ] • Viva drivers on strike...
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Viva on Strike at 4AM
Our York Region readers will have a sunny day to take a long bike ride or gridlocked drive around the GTA as Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 will go...
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Have your say on billboards in Toronto
The City of Toronto is developing a new bylaw to regulate billboards and is seeking input from the public. Should Toronto have fewer billboards? What...
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Wow! Over 100 thinkTORONTO entries!
The editors of Spacing would like to thank everyone who took the time to enter thinkTORONTO. We received over 100 entries and we’re extremely...
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Wednesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • Metrolinx unveils massive fix [ Toronto Star ] • Metrolinx proposes spending $50B to ease gridlock in GTA [ CBC.ca ] • Subway...
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Giambrone sounds Metrolinx privatization alarm
TTC chair Adam Giambrone is sounding the alarm on the potential for provincially-mandated privatization of public transit just hours after the launch of...
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Montreal and Toronto mayors unite for urban funding
Cross-posted from Spacing Montreal MONTREAL — Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay and Toronto mayor David Miller held a press conference at Montreal City...
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Metrolinx releases long-term GTA transit plans
Metrolinx has released its report on transit funding in the GTA region. The Star has a good article outlining the plans: A $50 billion plan to build new...
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Sidewalk cycling in the ‘burbs
Seconds after taking this photo, a cyclist flashed past me on the sidewalk. In the suburbs, this is a relative non-occurrence, something I hardly even...
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Dear Lobbyist Registrar: Stand up for our law
Dear Madam Lobbyist Registrar, I am writing this open letter to ask you to stand up for the registry that you have been entrusted with on behalf of...
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2008 Election(s): Urban rural divide
An essay in the Globe and Mail by John Duffy ran a few weeks ago but is worth reading if you didn’t see it as it explores the way the urban rural...
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Tuesday’s headlines
• Blueprint for the future of transit [ Toronto Star ] • Three approaches to commuting [ Toronto Star ] • Expect more fees, drivers warned...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered