Transit
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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 -
Miller, City react to St. Clair stoppage
Here are a few more links to give you an idea of what is going on with the St. Clair right-of-way battle. The City of Toronto has 15 days to appeal the...
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More on St. Clair
Some folks are writing letters and calling up the SOS group to voice their displeasure in the way they’ve stopped City building. They list their...
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St. Clair streetcar construction stopped by judges
A three-judge panel ruled Tuesday that the TTC must stop construction on the St. Clair dedicated streetcar lanes. The group Save Our St. Clair (SOS), who...
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Saving St. Clair? Judge rules today
Somthing to watch for today: a court decision on whether to let construction of the St. Clair Right of Way to continue. In the Star today they sum it up...
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SPACING: subway buttons receive award
The American graphic design magazine HOW Design named Spacing‘s Toronto subway station button collection the third best wearable item in their 2005...
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NYC & SF transit don’t like iPod subway maps
In late August, the Spacing Wire reported on the wonderful website iPod Subway Maps. Designer William Bright created images of 12 cities’ subway...
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Take the Tooker
With the price of gas rising, pollution increasing, obesity growing, parking diminishing, & congestion clogging, you would expect government to take...
By Chris Hardwicke