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LORINC: Gardiner’s future a gift to Ford election bid
I’d like to pose an impolite question to the talented officials at Waterfront Toronto (WT) and their dedicated colleagues in the City’s waterfront...
By John Lorinc -
Growing car sharing industry takes-on changing tastes in transit
More young urban dwellers don’t want to own a car — which is bad news for the automotive industry, but good news for the burgeoning car sharing...
By Glyn Bowerman -
REID: Re-engineering road standards for cities
For a long time, road engineering standards have been a bane of good city-building. Generally designed to enable cars and trucks to travel safely at high...
By Dylan Reid -
York Region’s Rapidways: the good, the bad and the ugly
Viva Purple bus on new Highway 7 Rapidway I recently visited the first completed section of “Rapidway”, York Region Transit’s moniker...
By Sean Marshall -
REID: Making it safer to walk to school
As is so often the case, it has taken a tragedy to get politicians talking about improving walking safety. This week, it was the killing of a high school...
By Dylan Reid -
Considering the Bay/Bloor pedestrian scramble
Last night I attended a public meeting about changes to the intersection of Bay and Bloor, including a proposal by the City to remove the pedestrian...
By Dylan Reid -
STREET SCENE: The Flow
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
CONCRETE TORONTO: The Don Valley Parkway and suburban growth
Over the next several weeks, Spacing will be publishing a series of articles from Concrete Toronto: A Guidebook to Concrete Architecture from the Fifties...
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REID: Toronto is not a grid
We usually think of Toronto — at least the older part of it — as being based on a grid of streets. One of the city’s free weekly newspapers even...
By Dylan Reid -
Pedestrian countdown signals reduce collisions
Last Thursday, a car performed an astonishingly dangerous turn in front of traffic at Lake Shore Blvd. and Bay. It collided with another car, and they...
By Dylan Reid -
STREET SCENE: King Street Early Evening
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
STREET SCENE: Stopping for the Parade
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese