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Big Brother is Broke
The Globe and Mail reports that the Feds would love to put video cameras in all public transit but they don’t have the cash right at the moment...
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Oh Wente
I avoid Margaret Wente’s column generally, because by doing so I remember that the Globe is a good paper with columnists who actually do some...
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The City as a Playground
Back in Spacing #3 (Work & Play issue, Dec. 2004) we profiled parkour and urban games. The Star and the Globe have recently caught on to these...
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Transit geeks can make their kids transit geeks
If you have a little one on a school vacation and want to start your pro-transit brainwashing (which we encourage) you should check out this event taking...
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Accidental Cyclists
A group of concerned cyclists has started a project called Ghostcycle in Seattle. The group gathered data about local bicycle collisions and then chained...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Pedestrian death and transit safety
The TTC and Toronto Police are launching a safety campaign that targets aggressive drivers, impatient cyclists, and pedestrians running into traffic to...
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Sim City comes to life
From Boy Reporter Ron Nurwisah: Remember Sim City, the wildly popular game that let you be your own Robert Moses (or Jane Jacobs), constructing cities...
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Reading Toronto podcasts
The Reading Toronto blog has a new podcast feature up on their site. There is an interview with Matt Blackett of Spacing, and two other interviews with...
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Suburban homelessness
In the Toronto Star today: “As houses sprout like dandelions in new subdivisions all over the suburban GTA, the regions around Toronto have the look...
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Fallen Fruit
A community group out of LA is trying to convince people to lobby their cities to plant fruit trees. They declare: “Our cities are planted with...
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Home Tours with Darren O’Donnell
As part of the Summerworks festival, Darren O’Donnell’s theatre company brings you Home Tours. Darren will take an audience around the...
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Street signs
If you haven’t noticed, over the last few months the city has been installing new street signs to replace some of the rusting and aging wayfinders...
By Matthew Blackett
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered