Transit
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Cities and their streetcars: my top ten favourite spots
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 streetcar, trolley...
By Brian Doucet -
Hey Presto! The strange history and modest potential of the soon-to-be closed TTC subway booths
The future arrived in Toronto in 1948, but it was hidden away from view, in a 19th century transit garage on Sherbourne St. Six years before the...
By Gerry Flahive -
A comparative look at Toronto’s CLRVs
At the end of December 2019, Toronto’s iconic CLRV streetcars will depart from city streets after more than 40 years serving the city. While these...
By Brian Doucet -
REID: Pity the poor operator: success and failure in subway systems
I attended the International Transport Forum May 31-June 2 on behalf of Spacing, and over the next few days will report some of the most interesting...
By Dylan Reid -
The curious origin of the original low-floor streetcar
Toronto is in the (unexpectedly slow) process of getting new low-floor streetcars. The goal of these new cars is accessibility — they can be used by...
By Dylan Reid -
Forgotten TTC architecture a reminder of nixed transit plans
Toronto is building the East Bayfront LRT. Well, sort of. This week, Metro News reported that the City of Toronto has set aside $2 million to “rough...
By Chris Bateman -
10 questions to ask a transit planner
Cities are full of armchair transit planners — so much so, in fact, that the practice is derisively known as “drawing lines on a map.” But it’s far more...
By Spacing -
Monday’s headlines
MAYOR FORD Ford urges council to let the people of Toronto vote on his future [The Globe and Mail] Tory fingerprints on the support-Ford campaign [The...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Tuesday’s headlines
CITY HALL • Mayor Rob Ford’s ‘credibility’ under attack in conflict-of-interest lawsuit [Toronto Star] • Documents hint at Mayor Rob Ford’s defence in...
By Amber Daugherty -
Monday’s headlines
GARBAGE • Private garbage pick-up not so bad: Poll [Toronto Star] • Private trash collection gets a few more weeks to prove it isn’t a mess [National...
By Amber Daugherty -
Friday’s headlines
GARBAGE • Toronto garbage outsourcing: Friction builds between GFL, Ford administration over delays [Toronto Star] • Garbage pickup delays persist [Globe...
By Amber Daugherty -
Thursday’s headlines
FORD • Ford still in hospital but ‘feeling better’ [Toronto Sun] • Rob Ford in hospital after complications from asthma, mayor’s office...
By Mairin Piccinin