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Is good regional transit planning impossible?
Image: Christof Spieler, Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit, Island Press. The recent news from Vancouver is driving some to...
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REID: Pedestrian buttons 2 – the rise of the audible signal
Four years ago, I wrote a piece explaining the different kinds of pedestrian buttons and how they work. The piece was in response to the introduction of...
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LORINC: Subway upload: negotiating when you have no cards in your hand
As has been widely noted, the Ford government’s approach to nearly everything has a kind of malevolent Bozo-the-clown vibe, with an emerging record of...
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A modest proposal for reforming Toronto’s Land Transfer Tax
By Zack Taylor Few topics have pre-occupied Toronto’s budget watchers more over the past decade than the city’s land transfer tax (LTT). People love it or...
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Guest Op-ed: Building a Waterfront City in Toronto
OP-ED: By City Councillor Joe Cressy Revitalizing our waterfront is the largest and longest-lasting project that we will leave for future generations of...
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The Bloor Street Viaduct
As the City celebrates the centennial of Toronto’s most recognizable pieces of infrastructure with the unveiling of a historical plaque, Spacing...
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LORINC: Throwing out the baby with the harbour water?
The long-awaited auditor general’s report on Waterfront Toronto (WT), released yesterday, is really two evaluations for the price of one. Part of the...
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If you think Toronto’s transit is overly politicized, you’re right.
It’s designed to be that way. We need to change that. A common criticism of transit decision-making in Toronto is that it is overly politicized. Former...
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REID: Why ranked ballots are good for the city but not the country
In this year’s Ontario municipal elections, London was the first city to elect its leaders through ranked ballots, while referendums in Kingston and...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 029, What Now
In this episode, we talk to street nurse Cathy Crowe about the challenges facing street-involved Torontonians, as we dive into another winter. Architect...
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REID: Heritage beyond a building’s walls
Hidden in the Distillery District, behind the unremarkable door of 36 Distillery Lane, is a staircase-museum. The simple stairway, necessary as an...
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EVENT: Spacing launches short fiction book “Toronto 2033”
WHAT: Launch of Toronto 2033 book WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 6, 7:30pm-onward WHERE: See-Scape, 347 Keele St. (at Dundas St. West in the Junction) COST: Free...
By Spacing
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered