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Winter cyclist profile – Brandon, Bike Pirate
Name / Occupation / Age Brandon Z / Statistical Consultant / 34 What do you use your bike for? How about what do I *not* use my bike for? Hmmmm…...
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POLL: do you have a driver’s license?
At a recent party over the holidays I asked a majority of the people in attendance if they had a driver’s license. I was surprised by how many folks...
By Matthew Blackett -
Casual carpooling
I recently received my newest copy of The Next American City — a magazine similar to Spacing, but focused on all of the US of A. One article that...
By Matthew Blackett -
Bike union on Cranks
TorontoCranks has posted a lengthy interview with Toronto Cyclists Union project coordinator, Dave Meslin. Here’s a small snippet of one of...
By Tammy Thorne -
Friday’s headlines
• On the surface, fee hikes sound fair. They’re not [ Toronto Star ] • City homeless program a finalist for UN award [ Globe and Mail ...
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Lost without laneways
NEW YORK – In my unending quest to find unpopulated laneways to stroll through, I’ve made an interesting discovery. There are none. Thanks to...
By Joseph Clement -
Thursday’s headlines
• Water pipe upgrade plan rejected [ Toronto Star ] • City hall travel ban doesn’t apply to politicians [ Toronto Star ] • Giorgio...
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Chicago’s Festival of Maps
CHICAGO — Not much sounds more appealing than a Festival of Maps, and Chicago delivered that holiday gift (and continues to deliver it) in its...
By Liz Clayton -
First Canadian Place vs. Empire State Building
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Iy1H_4adc[/youtube] This time lapse of First Canadian Place by izod shot during it signage makeover (the old...
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Urgent: Urban philanthropist needed for Community History Project (redux)
ED: This entry was posted last Friday — we’ve been informed that the Community History Project is still looking for space this week, though...
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Does transit card design matter?
There are so many issues on the TTC’s “hierarchy of problems” that questioning the metropass’s design could seem frivolous or even...
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Wednesdays’s headlines
• Details of city’s plan lost in fog [ Toronto Star ] • Why Toronto trails China on bag ban [ Toronto Star ] • Recreation fee hike...
By Monika Warzecha
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered