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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...
By Matthew Blackett -
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...
By Monika Warzecha -
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...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
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 -
Enlivening downtown London at LOLA
LONDON, ONT. — After a summer spent in Toronto where art festivals abound, I headed down to a city whose arts festival is a recent and exciting...
By Chloe Ellingson -
2008 Election: Bored in Toronto Centre
Oh Canada! – a new anthem for a new day from missjdub on Vimeo. Things here in the Toronto Centre riding are rather boring this election season...
By Shawn Micallef -
Monday’s headlines
• Bus drivers reach tentative deal [ Toronto Star ] • York region transit running as usual today [ Globe and Mail ] • Bikes on sidewalks...
By Monika Warzecha -
Sunday’s headlines
• Urban pleas receive scant attention [ Toronto Star ] • Poll-itics of the GTA [ Toronto Star ] • Will T.O. ever love the Tories? [ Toronto...
By Monika Warzecha -
When theatre and architecture merge
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sana Samanian, the editor of Ryerson University’s 325+ architecture magazine, took in the unique theatrical-architecture...
By Spacing -
Saturday’s headlines
TRANSIT • A little hazy on TTC drug testing [ Toronto Star ] • Last-ditch talks aim to avert Viva bus strike [ Toronto Star ] • Cities...
By Monika Warzecha -
Events Guide: Car Free Day, tree tour, food festival, culinary neighbourhoods, and more…
WHAT: World Carfree Day WHEN: September 21 WHERE: Various locations (Queen St. West and Bloor St. & Spadina St.) Join Streets are for People! Bells on...
By Patricia Simoes
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered