Transit
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iPhone meets Red Rocket
Five years ago when I was a resident at the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab we would brainstorm possible new media...
By Shawn Micallef -
Trying to understand road pricing
Last week I had a chance to talk with Marty Collier from Healthy Transport Consulting about the upcoming Transportation Futures: Ontario’s inaugural...
By Mike Bulko -
Dufferin Station modernization open house on Wednesday
The TTC is holding an open house tomorrow night for the public to speak with TTC staff about the modernization of Dufferin station. Have your say and let...
By Matthew Blackett -
A tried and true alternate bus technology
In Saturday’s Headlines, Monica Warzecha posted a link to a Toronto Star article on the TTC’s problems with its hybrid diesel-electric bus...
By Sean Marshall -
Metrolinx Regional Transportation Plan consultation
Metrolinx, the provincial agency charged with sorting out the Greater Toronto Area’s transportation woes, has come out with a draft Regional...
By Dylan Reid -
TTC and union come to 3-year agreement
This little piece of news just came screaming across Spacing’s desk: the TTC and union workers have reached a deal, five full months after transit...
By Matthew Blackett -
Your walls can look like a subway platform
Toronto keeps producing interesting homages to our public transit heritage despite the TTC’s total lack of appreciation (or attention)...
By Matthew Blackett -
Changchun: China’s Detroit
Culture Square I recently spent a few weeks in China, but unlike most western tourists, I skipped Beijing and Shanghai and went straight to the...
By Sean Marshall -
Yonge subway closure
Since late Thursday afternoon, the Yonge subway line has been closed between Bloor and Lawrence stations, with riders being shuttled on buses. As of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Subway trains become office space
If you find yourself in London, England anytime soon, you may want to check out the work of the Village Underground in the Shoreditch neighbourhood. They...
By Matthew Blackett -
Viva on Strike at 4AM
Our York Region readers will have a sunny day to take a long bike ride or gridlocked drive around the GTA as Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 will go...
By Shawn Micallef -
Giambrone sounds Metrolinx privatization alarm
TTC chair Adam Giambrone is sounding the alarm on the potential for provincially-mandated privatization of public transit just hours after the launch of...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler