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Cyclist awareness test
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47LCLoidJh4[/youtube] Keeping with today’s British theme, Transport for London has a great public service...
By Matthew Blackett -
Please, no photos, we’re British
Londoners seem to keep their wits about them in stressful and even terrible times, as we saw during the Tube and bus bombings a few years ago...
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Wednesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Retailers urge city to use province’s plan for batteries [ Toronto Star ] • Councillors cast doubt on battery deposit fee ...
By Monika Warzecha -
One Book: Blogrolling to the CBC
CBC Toronto reporter Mike Wise kept his own One Book blog during the month of February. It’s worth a visit to get his take on how the book mixes...
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Tuesday’s headlines
TRANSIT • TTC has a ‘million’ reasons to reach a deal, workers say [ Toronto Star ] • TTC union talks tough as strike deadline looms...
By Monika Warzecha -
Streetcars and LRT: Streetcar-oriented development
Mimico, one of Toronto’s outer streetcar suburbs As Toronto begins detailed planning and consultations for Transit City, it is also looking to...
By Sean Marshall -
Montréal Monday — Nuit Blanche, skyline planning, and a pedestrian street
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 -
Monday’s headlines
• Better to just hold it at TTC pit stops [ Toronto Star ] • From music to video surveillance [ Toronto Star ] • East Bayfront the focus of...
By Monika Warzecha -
Sunday’s headlines
• Closed – just when you need them [ Toronto Star ] • Sweet solution nixed [ Toronto Sun ] • Salt in the wound [ Toronto Sun ]
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CBC, 1954: “Toronto’s got itself a subway!”
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxRRfHLq7Us[/youtube] The CBC gives us seven minutes of vintage Toronto during the construction of Canada’s...
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Saturday’s headlines
CITY HALL • City too busy to maximize interest: Miller [ Toronto Star ] • Ford ponders mayoral run [ National Post ] • Outdated term...
By Monika Warzecha -
I am (not) lovin’ it
Another one bites the dust. Not that the potential loss of a McDonald’s restaurant causes me any particular heartache, but this particular...
By Thomas Wicks
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered