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Stand right, walk left: the escalator algorithm
When Spacing asked Torontonians for their insights into Toronto public etiquette, one of the clearest and most repeated messages we got was, when on an...
By Dylan Reid -
John Tory is serving up a platform for Doug Ford 2018
Say you’re Doug Ford. Say you’re tuning in to Episode 237 of the Scarborough Subway Extension Netflix mini-series. Say you’re listening, in your predatory...
By John Lorinc -
EDITORIAL: It’s time to stop the Scarborough Subway
This is an editorial from the Spacing magazine team Make no mistake: the current Scarborough subway extension (SSE) plan has become this generation’s...
By Spacing -
LORINC: Bombardier’s bribery problems in Europe hurt Toronto
To all the tornado chasers who spot the twisters whipping destructively across Toronto’s forlorn transit geography, add this storm system to your list of...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: The Scarborough subway extension’s escape hatches
When I look at the latest staff report outlining, ahem, progress on the Scarborough subway extension (SSE), I see a document absolutely packed with...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Wynne’s U-turn on road tolls dangerous for Tory
Since the news of the Liberals’ reversal on road tolls for the Gardiner and the Don Valley Parkway began to leak last Thursday evening, Premier Kathleen...
By John Lorinc -
The demise of the first “air rights” project in Toronto
When Toronto’s first subway line opened in 1954, much of track north of Bloor Street was located in a shallow, open trench. The money-saving open cut...
By Chris Bateman -
Metrolinx’s suburban plans for an urban transit system
At its last board meeting on December 8, Metrolinx presented an update on the status of 12 new GO Transit rail stations, all located on existing lines...
By Sean Marshall -
LORINC: John Tory’s road toll epiphany
There’s no question that Mayor John Tory deserves credit for hitching his political wagon to road tolls — on the Gardiner and the Don Valley Parkway — at...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Can City Council avoid the white elephant in the room?
While Toronto’s politicians have yet to turn their collective attention to the question of whether the city needs new revenue tools to address growing...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Transit’s “last mile” solution may be mobility-as-a-service companies
I loath Rogers just as much as the next red-blooded Canadian, and, on certain days, possibly even more. But I have to give the telecom conglomerate, and...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Why a Patrick Brown government will target Greenbelt and Metrolinx
At this stage of the game, it would be foolish to depict Raymond Cho’s by-election victory for the Tories last week as a harbinger of anything in...
By John Lorinc