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One giant diagonal step for pedestrians
Starting on Thursday, pedestrians will be able to cross the intersection of Yonge and Dundas diagonally, without worrying about cars. The City is ready to...
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Wednesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • German firm looks to bid on derailed TTC deal with Bombardier [ Globe and Mail ] • TTC to seek new bids on streetcar contract [ CBC.ca...
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TTC reopens streetcar bid
As mentioned here on Spacing Toronto in July, the TTC rejected the two remaining TTC streetcar replacement bids by Bombardier Transportation (as its...
By Sean Marshall -
Advertising in bike lanes
For those of you still on vacation (or you have the ability to listen to radio while at work), I just finished a half-hour appearance on Ontario Today...
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Discussions on the new Metronauts website
Metronauts, the community transportation discussion group, has developed a new website aimed at furthering the discussion of transit in the Greater...
By Sean Marshall -
Tuesday’s headlines
• Municipalities get $1.1B [ Toronto Star ] • City receives $238M from province [ National Post ] • McGuinty’s bonus to cities ...
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Road Trip: Digby, Nova Scotia
Spacing Associate Editor Shawn Micallef visited his (other) ancestral homeland — Nova Scotia — in early July. The first post in this (delayed...
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Montréal Monday: Very local produce, 23 Skidoo, and private involvement in Montréal’s public transportation
Each Monday, Spacing will bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and...
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Mopeds in Beijing
Spacing correspondent Megan Hall has just returned from Beijing. Over the next few weeks, she will continue to share her observations of China’s...
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Monday’s headlines
• Goodman Trail bollards do more harm than good [ Toronto Star ] • Bike depot open till Sept. 7 [ Toronto Star ] • South Asia dazzles the...
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Events Guides: Dogs at the mill, forestation session, city walk, and more…
WHAT: Come! Sit! Stay! Dog Days of Summer at Todmorden Mills WHEN: August 24, 12 pm – 4 pm WHERE: Todmorden Mills ( 67 Pottery Rd.) Todmorden Mills...
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Sunday’s headlines
• Bike theft video seen by police leads to arrest [ Toronto Star ] • Medics posted at key TTC stations [ Toronto Sun ] • TTC riders to pay...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered