Traffic
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Calming Traffic
A different traffic culture from India. Via: Space & Culture
By Chris Hardwicke -
Public Meetings Ahead and Behind
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. The public will have a chance to discuss what to do about the Scarborough RT at a meeting to be held in the Scarborough...
By James Bow -
A Toronto “What If?”
Today’s Toronto Star has a great section called “What If?” It is very much like our “History of our Future” issue from last...
By Matthew Blackett -
Vancouver Impressions
Continuing my series of thoughts about public space in other cities, I visited Vancouver for the first time in years earlier this winter. It’s a...
By Dylan Reid -
Connect the streetcars
The TTC is considering turning two or three streetcars into one long “coupled” vehicle along the King Street streetcar route. The...
By Matthew Blackett -
Cycle Disobedience
Albert Howell has a great article in the Globe and Mail highlighting issues surrounding the role of local goverment to supply cycle-safe infrastructure...
By Chris Hardwicke -
St. George Street signage we can get behind
These photos are from a mobile LED display on St. George Street taken tonight on the U of T campus. Rumour is it’s the handiwork of a group called...
By Matthew Blackett -
Save Otter Loop?
(Otter loop photograph by Richard Leitch) Adam Sobolak of the Toronto Architecture Conservancy sent me this press release about the group’s desire...
By James Bow -
Congestion Inflation
The Toronto Star reports that congestion is costing us $2.3B-$3.7B a year and that the new provincial budget is planning to spend $1.2B to invest in...
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Province Complicates York University Extension With Money
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. Despite the highlights of Ontario’s recently announced budget, and despite earlier indications that the York...
By James Bow -
Good articles from the Star & NOW
Some recent articles in the Star are worth posting about: 1. The City wants to crack down on vehicles idling. 2. Royson James writes about the need for...
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Battle of St. Clair Won. SOS Abandons Court Battle for Politics
As the window to appeal the superior court decision reinstating the St. Clair private right-of-way project closes, the opposition group Save Our St. Clair...
By James Bow