Traffic
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The turtle sign should die a slow death
I am fascinated by signs on our streets. This fascination, though, often leads me to frustration in Toronto. A case in point is the use of the sign Please...
By Matthew Blackett -
JOHN LORINC: Subway Sarah’s Tunnel Vision
Mayoral candidate Sarah Thomson wants me to write about her campaign, so here goes: Let’s start with a fact check of her plan to...
By John Lorinc -
Traffic lights don’t have to be ugly: designs Toronto could learn from
Could traffic lights get any uglier than on St. Clair? In the Infrastructure Fetish feature of the new issue of Spacing, I wrote a lament to...
By Sean Marshall -
The pretty people at Spacing’s party
At each Spacing release party, we have photographer Rannie Turingan set-up a portrait station where any of the party attendees can have their image...
By Spacing -
Spacing release party tomorrow!
WHAT: Spacing’s spring 2010 issue release party WHEN: Wednesday, March 31, 8pm-12am WHERE: El Mocambo 464 Spadina Ave., just south of College Ave...
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STREET SCENE: Spadina and College
Everything comes together here. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Toronto election: how to avoid getting a wedgie in this Brady Bunch city
The following is a reprint of my recent Psychogeography column in Eye Weekly. Photo by Lone Primate. In an election year very strange and illogical things...
By Shawn Micallef -
Ontario auto insurance changes hit pedestrians, cyclists
Anyone who doesn’t own a car, and the insurance that goes with it, is going to have fewer resources to deal with injuries if they are hit by a car...
By Dylan Reid -
Transport in Bogotá: Buses, Bikes, and Bans
Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Bogotá. As late as a year ago, I had never expected to visit Colombia, as it was not on my radar as an...
By Sean Marshall -
Could Toronto lease out the Gardiner and DVP?
There was an interesting article in the Star recently (with a misleading headline) about how Chicago’s chief financial officer arranged leases on...
By Dylan Reid -
Signal priority: Who gets to go first
Intersections are inherently a competition for space and time. In many places in the world, intersections are still governed largely by the assertiveness...
By Marcus Bowman -
TORONTO STAR FRONT PAGE ALL-CAPS FAIL
The Toronto Star today published an article on the front page, with the all-caps headline above the fold, “JAYWALKING CITY“. In the article...
By Dylan Reid