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From Bach to Transport: Leipzig holds a key to the future of cities & Canadians should pay attention
By Tricia Wood
The International Transportation Forum is an inter-governmental organization of the OECD. It holds a summit of transport ministers... Read More
Predictions for Toronto in 2033
By Spacing
At our recent 15th anniversary party we asked people to tell us a prediction about Toronto in 2033. Here’s a selection of them. Read More
Doug Ford’s TTC subway upload and Margaret Thatcher’s cautionary tale
By Tricia Wood
As the province contemplates major structural change to Toronto’s transit system, I want to offer London’s rocky history... Read More
Life on the Line: Light in the Tunnel
By Sarah Ratzlaff(Alex Garant, “Midnight”) For the past month, you... Read More
Is good regional transit planning impossible?
By Tricia Wood
Image: Christof Spieler, Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit, Island Press. The recent news from Vancouver is... Read More
LORINC: Subway upload: negotiating when you have no cards in your hand
By John Lorinc
As has been widely noted, the Ford government’s approach to nearly everything has a kind of malevolent Bozo-the-clown vibe, with an... Read More
A modest proposal for reforming Toronto’s Land Transfer Tax
By Spacing
By Zack Taylor Few topics have pre-occupied Toronto’s budget watchers more over the past decade than the city’s land transfer tax... Read More
The Bloor Street Viaduct
By Spacing
As the City celebrates the centennial of Toronto’s most recognizable pieces of infrastructure with the unveiling of a historical... Read More
If you think Toronto’s transit is overly politicized, you’re right.
By Tricia Wood
It’s designed to be that way. We need to change that. A common criticism of transit decision-making in Toronto is that it is overly... Read More
EVENT: Spacing launches short fiction book “Toronto 2033”
By Spacing
WHAT: Launch of Toronto 2033 book WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 6, 7:30pm-onward WHERE: See-Scape, 347 Keele St. (at Dundas St. West in the... Read More