Transit
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Student transit in Scarborough
The Varsity, the University of Toronto student newspaper, has an interesting story in today’s issue about the difficulties facing students taking...
By Dylan Reid -
A moving canvas
SpacingWire reader Paul Bowser pointed us towards an art project called Moving Canvas from Berlin that excites and scares the hell out of me — a...
By Matthew Blackett -
So long and thanks for all the fish
The Toronto Star reports about how the City of Toronto lost the controversial Aquarium proposal for Exhibition Place due to, among other things, lack of...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Transit sites to check out
There are two sites worth checking out if you are a transit fan. The first one is The Yet Better Way by Leif Harmsen who decided to envision the way...
By Matthew Blackett -
To Scarborough or York U?
The Toronto Star has a a good report today about the aging Scarborough RT and the possible extention of the subway to York University. The Globe and Mail...
By Matthew Blackett -
People for St. Clair
Before Toronto got into the silly situation about the dedicated streetcar lane up on St. Clair, there was a great group doing community work to bring...
By Matthew Blackett -
St. Clair ROW, Nathan Phillips Square, & the ROM condos
The Toronto Star had a few articles today that directly relate to some of the issues we’ve been covering here lately on the Spacing Wire. 1. St...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC wants some pizzazz (and other transit stuff)
A few items on The Better Way 1. The TTC is running a contest called Pizzazz Me! They are using TTC Chair Howard Moscoe as the face of the campaign...
By Matthew Blackett -
Scarborough subway dreams
City councillors from Scarborough were out yesterday on the RT handing out flyers to get local residents on-side in transforming the aging transit line...
By Matthew Blackett -
TTC Ridership on the Up-and-Up
We’ve been hearing for so long about the decline in public transportation, from ridership to funding, so it’s especially nice when it seems...
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Car Free Kids
Gideon Forman writes about raising kids without a car in the city in today’s Toronto Star. The story is personal and a bit sappy but his emphasis on...
By Chris Hardwicke -
Pimp my subway ride
If the new streetcar designs that we posted about yesterday weren’t enough to get you hot, check out what the TTC is considering to replace their...
By Matthew Blackett