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Daylight savings: the silent pedestrian killer
Sorry for the Toronto Sun-like headline, but I couldn’t resist. But who knew that the likeihood of a pedestrian being struck within the first few...
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Greening parking lots
Surface parking lots are possibly the most problematic use of space in a city — their vast impervious surfaces create runoffs of polluted water...
By Dylan Reid -
Tree Tuesday: Dawn of the dead
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF will post a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee...
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“We can’t afford to do business this way”
Toronto-based think tank the Wellesley Institute has published a landmark report on the administrative burden felt by community organizations that rely on...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Toronto needs to cut vehicle emissions by 30%: report
The City of Toronto released a report today from Toronto’s medical officer of health, Dr. David McKeown, that states nearly 200 lives a year and $1...
By Matthew Blackett -
Killer traffic: By the numbers
Cross-posted from Eye Daily. 1,700: The number of premature deaths in Toronto that exposure to smog pollutants contribute to each year. 6,000: The number...
By Dale Duncan -
Cherry Street Bridge
Last night we did some midnight exploring of the Portlands and Cherry Beach area. Saw some folks parked in cars with steamy windows as per usual, but also...
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Spacing Toronto named best local blog
photo by David Topping The editors of Spacing were very happy to open up NOW this week and find out that Spacing Toronto was named Best Local Blog. They...
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Harper to Toronto: You’re Fired
On one of those thick and hot August evenings where you sweat standing still the Conservative candidate for Toronto Centre came to our door. I was a...
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Woulda, shoulda, coulda, didn’t
Chalk this up to a “shoulda been” election promise. Yesterday, Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton called on Premier Dalton McGuinty to raise...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Move it along, nothing to see here
Alok Mukherjee, chairman of the Toronto Police Services Board, sent out a notice today to inform the world that he had started a blog. Immediately...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
FairDevelopmentCharges.to
For those of us who find fault with the real estate and development industries for being more concerned with building profits than cities, October was our...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered