Transit
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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While we’re talking about streetcars…
We’ve been talking about the crappy side of streetcars for the last week. Here’s something that might cheer up the transit geek in you: On...
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More St. Clair ROW stuff
The Globe and Mail wrote about the City of Toronto’s plan to challenge the three-panel judges decision to stop construction of the St. Clair...
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The Cold War Against St. Clair
How is your St. Clair boycott going? Mine is going just fine — I even (mostly) shut my eyes yesterday as I crossed the pariah avenue while out for...
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The Toronto Effect
According to the Star today: Toronto is becoming more architecturally diverse and denser which is helping some people give up their cars with the added...
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Metropass Affinity Program
File this under: WHY ISN’T THE TTC COMING UP WITH THESE IDEAS? The Metropass Affinity Program (MAP) is an initiative by the Sierra Club of Canada...
By Matthew Blackett