Traffic
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Doing something about city’s most dangerous intersections for pedestrians
Tomorrow, Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee will look at a report from City staff that identifies the 100 worst intersections in...
By Dylan Reid -
A win for pedestrians in last week’s messy council meeting
In March, I wrote about the planned reconstruction of Bay Street between Bloor St. and Davenport Rd, which amongst other things, would widen Bay...
By Sean Marshall -
STREET SCENE: Rear View Mirror
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
How to delay a sidewalk
The saga of the proposed Chine Drive sidewalk continues. This Scarborough road, which is the only access to the local elementary school, needs to be...
By Dylan Reid -
Video maps 24 hours of car2go
A few weeks ago, we posted a video on Spacing Vancouver by Jarek Piórkowski that maps the 24 hour usage of car2go vehicles. Today, Jarek has posted a...
By Matthew Blackett -
LORINC: Beware what you wish for in Gardiner debate
Hands up everyone who loves Lakeshore Boulevard east of the Don, where the Gardiner stub once stood, a monument to an earlier generation’s failed plans...
By John Lorinc -
GREENBERG: 8 steps to change the future of the Gardiner
It now appears that an important threshold has been crossed. With the news that over half of the elevated Gardiner Expressway on both sides of downtown...
By Ken Greenberg -
GREENBERG: Crumbling Gardiner offers Toronto an opportunity
The truth has now come out, albeit grudgingly. We have just learned via a Freedom of Information request by the Toronto Star that notwithstanding months...
By Ken Greenberg -
Yesterday’s spate of pedestrians hit by cars
I was on CBC Radio 1’s Metro Morning this morning to talk about the spate of 9 pedestrians hit by cars in 45 minutes on Monday morning. The spate...
By Dylan Reid -
STREET SCENE: Well Trained
Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
“What would you do with 32” (minutes, that is)
CivicAction has launched its campaign to get Toronto talking about new transit. Perhaps wisely, their campaign is starting with a less policy-oriented...
By Dylan Reid -
Paying for transit in the GTHA: further questions
This series of posts about ways to pay for new transit infrastructure in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area is only a start to what is a big...
By Dylan Reid