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Royal Mess
Today, the Toronto Star’s “Fixer” column features a corner of Royal York road where people waiting at a TTC bus stop have been...
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Maisonneuve and Micallef on Toronto
Spacing‘s very own Associate Editor Shawn Micallef is a guest columnist for Maisonneuve this month. He takes on the task of explaining to the rest...
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FRIDAY: What the TTC could be
WHAT THE TTC COULD BE January 5-8, 2006: noon to five XPACE Gallery • Kensington Market • 303 Augusta Over the last decade TTC Commisioners have...
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The Antisocial Libertarians of England
A neat article by George Monbiot in The Guardian about the culture of car driving in England, and his fear that “the car is slowly turning us, like...
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Pedestrian Plans Galore
As Toronto begins the preliminary stages of developing a Pedestrian Plan, it’s useful to see what others have done. Bicyclinginfo.org...
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Today’s Traffic News
A story in the Toronto Star today showed that, despite the hype about gun-related deaths in Toronto, the car was deadlier than the gun in 2005. In...
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Federal election: Waterfront debate this Sunday
Date: This Sunday, January 8, 2006 Time: Noon to 2pm Place: Harbourfront Community Centre — SE corner of Bathurst St. and Queen’s Quay W. It...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Public Space Invaders film fest
Spacing is looking for submissions for our second Public Space Invaders film night. We have received a good stack of submissions but there is still room...
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Don’t Drink and Walk?
An interesting study by Transport Canada shows that a significant number of pedestrians killed in traffic accidents are drunk, often extremely drunk...
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Couch biking
It’s as wide as an SUV but has to be carried across rail tracks. It’s called the Couch Bike. Two guys (one Canadian and the other a Norwegian...
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These bad people
Since I have the luxury of living downtown and not in a violence-prone neighbourhood, and since I don’t know anybody personally touched by violence...
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SPACING FEATURE: How did that get there?
As mentioned before, each Monday Spacing will post articles that have appeared in the magazine. We will also post new articles and reviews specifically...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered