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STREET SCENE: Watching The World Go By
A comfortable seat rolling down the street. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
Imagining the Green City
What would our city look like in a world that had gone beyond fossil fuels? It’s an important question, for if we can’t paint a picture of the...
By Keith Stewart -
42 Folding Bikes vs. One Car
Sometimes it takes a visual illustration to make the strongest argument. The above image is 42 Brompton folding bikes placed in one parking spot. The...
By Matthew Blackett -
Transit City: More than light rail
In 2005, prior to the TTC unveiling the Transit City Light Rail Plan, there was a document and presentation called “Building a Transit City”...
By Sean Marshall -
Hamburg’s subway station designs
Back in the spring, I spent a month in northern Europe and Scandinavia checking out the great cities of Copenhagen, Malmo, Gothenberg, and Hamburg. Each...
By Matthew Blackett -
STREET SCENE: Streetcar Exit
Usually the cars do stop. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese -
STREET SCENE: In The Cooling Haze of Summer Night
The heavy air makes the transit colors gel on the road and in the sky. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist...
By Jerry Waese -
TTC quietly starts tour program
The TTC’s bus simulator,with a nearly complete driver’s area mock-up Early last week, the Toronto Transit Commission added a new link to its...
By Sean Marshall -
The Streetcars of Philadelphia
A PCC-II Streetcar on the 15 Girard Route After my visit to New York City, where I visited Times Square and the new High Line Park (amongst other things)...
By Sean Marshall -
POLL: The splitting of the 501
From October 18 to November 21, the TTC will conduct a weekday pilot in which the 501 Queen streetcar route will be split in two. According to a meeting...
By Spacing -
Copenhagen: transit platform and bike lane
One of the tricky aspects of the planned pedestrian and transit improvements to Roncesvalles is the TTC’s desire to put transit-boarding platforms...
By Dylan Reid -
STREET SCENE: How does it know which track to follow?
I often wonder, how does it know? Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
By Jerry Waese