Streetscape
Cities and their streetcars: my top ten favourite spots
By Brian Doucet
One of the best ways to get to know a city is through its public transit network. I’ve spent many years exploring cities through their... Read More
The unexpected potential of pandemic parking lots
By Emily Macrae
From my living room window, I can see a church parking lot. Services are now streamed so it no longer fills up on Sunday mornings but... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 045, What matters in a pandemic
By Spacing Radio
In a time of snitch lines, and shuttered park space, we dive into what we’re prioritizing in this pandemic, and what, and... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 043, We are the public realm
By Spacing Radio
In this episode, we talk about public space issues of the past, present, and future. Spacing Publisher Matthew Blackett tells us how... Read More
Transportation tech bros need to listen to the Vision Zero folks
By Tricia Wood
When we talk about Smart Cities, which seems to be all the time now, we hear about tensions between public governance and corporate... Read More
Toronto’s 10-year public art strategy
By Sarah Ratzlaff
Last week, Mayor John Tory dropped by OCAD to declare that 2021 would be the year of public art in Toronto. This announcement sets up... Read More
Run Score: Mapping Toronto’s Runnability
By Alexander Bimm
There’s a lot of research that focuses on the walkability of Toronto neighbourhoods. However, there has been little conversation about... Read More
MUKHERJEE: Why has Toronto police stopped enforcing traffic safety?
By Alok Mukherjee
Does one call it callous disregard for human life or rank incompetence? Or a combination of both? I am referring to the deaths of 48... Read More
LORINC: When e-scooters hit Toronto’s streets
By John Lorinc
When city council this summer passed new and moderately more stringent training regulations for Uber and Lyft drivers, no one could... Read More
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 038, Take it to the Streets
By Spacing Radio
Lanrick Bennett starts us off, talking about a pop-up pilot bike lane project on Toronto’s Danforth Ave. Jared Kolb is stepping... Read More