Spacing Toronto

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

Traffic

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

Bikes

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

Headlines

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 ...

By Monika Warzecha

Infrastructure

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

Headlines

Thursday’s headlines

• Water pipe upgrade plan rejected [ Toronto Star ] • City hall travel ban doesn’t apply to politicians [ Toronto Star ] • Giorgio...

By Monika Warzecha

Urban Design

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

Culture

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...

By Shawn Micallef

Community

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...

By Shawn Micallef

Transit

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...

By Shawn Micallef

Headlines

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

Community

Mihevc talks recreation

Councillor Joe Mihevc has served his midtown Ward 21 for 17 years. The son of blue collar Slovenian immigrants, Councillor Mihevc began his political...

By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler