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Anti-Car Petition
Streets Are For People! are once again engaging the public and the government in an effort to disrupt our car-obsessed society. To celebrate Earth Day...
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Winter Accessibility Survey for pedestrians
The research branch of the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute is doing some really interesting scientific research on pedestrian behaviour and creating...
By Dylan Reid -
SPACING PRESENTS: What to do with the Gardiner?
WHAT TO DO WITH THE GARDINER EXPRESSWAY a panel discussion presented by Spacing and Harbourfront’s Viewpoints WHEN: Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 WHERE...
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Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Miller renews national push for handgun ban [ Globe and Mail ] • Aiming for handgun ban [ Toronto Star ] • Families plea for...
By Monika Warzecha -
Montréal Monday — smart cards, apartment fire, and new public spaces
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...
By Todd Harrison -
Mayor turns to Facebook, YouTube to fight guns
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc06nT2gvjw[/youtube] For years, Mayor David Miller has written to prime ministers (first Paul Martin, now Stephen...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Dispatches from Metronauts
About 100 interested people met on Saturday for the Metronauts “unconference” to discuss ideas for transit in Toronto and the larger Toronto...
By Sean Marshall -
Monday’s headlines
• Mayor’s executive committee can’t dodge every demand [ Globe and Mail ] • City examines vacuum trash collection [ National Post ...
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Wireless Road Tolls and Metrolinx
In this month’s Toronto Life, Phillip Preville pens a fascinating article Toronto’s congestion problems, including an interview with Metrolinx...
By David Pal -
Sunday’s headlines
• Sneak preview of $5-million facelift [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto taxes are lower. No, higher. Wait, they’re both [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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Weekend diversions
“Sidewalk Psychiatry” is a public-art sidewalk project that plays with the fact that people often think about personal issues while they walk...
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Sneak peek of layouts from Spacing’s next issue
Here are a few layouts from the next issue of Spacing (due out in a few weeks). Click on the image to see a larger version.
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered