Traffic
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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...
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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 -
Ducharme to Province: Fix My System First, Then Talk Subways
It’s not that Rick Ducharme doesn’t appreciate the money that may have been promised to extend the Spadina subway to York University...
By James Bow -
Roman Impressions
I have just arrived in Rome, and even after just a day and a half of walking around I’ve already formed some strong impressions of Roman public...
By Dylan Reid -
Taxing Parking
While the TTC is begging the provice for money – Vancouver’s transit authority Translink is getting beat up about their parking tax. If only...
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Commentary: It’s Time to Break Up the Queen Streetcar
The Queen streetcar remains one of the TTC’s most prominent and well-travelled routes, but it is a shadow of its former self. Twenty-five years ago...
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Urban Imbalance – Exquisite Corpse
The city is bankrupt. We need more transit and other services. Miller talks to McGuinty – the province is broke. McGuinty talks to Flaherty –...
By Chris Hardwicke