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Honk if you like Transit
Kevin McGran reports in today’s Toronto Star that GTA tranist use is higher than ever. This suburban transit enthusiasm is evident in the magazine...
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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...
By Dylan Reid -
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...
By Shawn Micallef -
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...
By Dylan Reid -
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...
By Dylan Reid -
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...
By Matthew Blackett -
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...
By Dylan Reid -
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...
By Shawn Micallef
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered