Traffic
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LORINC: We were promised Tory The Consensus Builder
I know that many politicians are ardent devotees of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s lovely old putdown, “consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” I also know...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: I come to bury the Gardiner, not to praise it
Based on the speech by character Mark Antony in “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare. Friends, Torontonians, 905ers, lend me your cars; I...
By John Lorinc -
Why the Gardiner East terms of reference matters, a lot
With apologies to my readers who hate sports metaphors, this week’s city council showdown over the Gardiner may seem like overtime in Game 7 of a Stanley...
By John Lorinc -
REID: Slowly moving towards speed reductions in Toronto
In the most recent issue of Spacing, I wrote about how the idea of “slow zones” is being overtaken by universal speed reductions in cities in...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: Can there be a Kumbaya moment for the Gardiner?
In the wake of the intense session at the public works committee, the Gardiner East battle was joined by North York councillor James Pasternak, who is...
By John Lorinc -
Shredding paper is adding time to your commute
Mayor Tory is trying to tackle Toronto’s $6 billion traffic congestion problem by cracking down on lane-blocking vehicles, but shredding trucks might be...
By Prajakta Dhopade -
LORINC: Tearing down Gardiner East is all in the numbers
Does the melodrama over the projected two- to ten-minute delay that may occur due to the removal of the lower portion of the Gardiner resemble a farce...
By John Lorinc -
Remembering an Olympic scramble intersection party
As City Council considers removal of the scramble at Bay and Bloor, many issues are up for debate: safety, usage levels and traffic congestion, the...
By Shoshanna Saxe -
REID: That’s a nice laneway, but it’s no woonerf
One of the more intriguing elements of the West Don Lands development was the promise that it would include some “woonerfs“ — a Dutch...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: Tory needs to use new traffic data to fight congestion
To absolutely no one’s surprise, Mayor John Tory has emerged as the kind of leader who looks both ways — all puns and double entendres intended — before...
By John Lorinc -
REID: To press or not to press: a guide to pedestrian buttons
I’ve seen a few inquiries recently by people who noticed pedestrian signal push-buttons being installed at major intersections. They found it odd...
By Dylan Reid -
The slow and deadly evolution of Toronto’s crosswalks
Crossing the street in Toronto has been a potentially deadly challenge for almost a century. Until the 1950s, when the number of automobiles dramatically...
By Chris Bateman