Transit
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TTC reopens streetcar bid
As mentioned here on Spacing Toronto in July, the TTC rejected the two remaining TTC streetcar replacement bids by Bombardier Transportation (as its...
By Sean Marshall -
Discussions on the new Metronauts website
Metronauts, the community transportation discussion group, has developed a new website aimed at furthering the discussion of transit in the Greater...
By Sean Marshall -
Edmonton riders’ union starts transit revolution
In the aftermath of Toronto’s brief transit strike earlier this year, the idea of a transit riders’ union gained some support with commenters...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Streetcar Turnaround
The New York Times is reporting that American cities are seeing the return of the streetcar. Portland, Cincinnati, Denver (pictured above), Houston, and a...
By Monika Warzecha -
Downsview explosion and contemplating the silent freeway
Keele and Highway 401 this afternoon. Update#1: please see the comments for more links to images and videos of last night’s explosion. Update #2: At...
By Sean Marshall -
The rise of scooters and e-bikes in Toronto
Over the past few months you may have noticed a change on Toronto’s streets — an evident shift from traditional cars towards much smaller gas...
By Matthew Hague -
Shoo, Blue 22
Long dormant after a turbulent initial Environmental Assessment phase, it appears that Blue 22, the proposed plan for an airport rail link, has awoken and...
By Sean Marshall -
POLL: Should Eglinton be an LRT route or a subway?
A Spacing-produced rendering of LRT service on Eglinton east of Laird Some of you may have saw the article in our headlines post about the TTC and...
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BREAKING NEWS: TTC suspends streetcar purchases; bids non-compliant
A Siemens rendering from 2007 of a possible new TTC streetcar This rather interesting tidbit of TTC news just arrived in Spacing’s inbox: The...
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Iloilo City, Philippines Pt. 2 – The Jeepney
Spacing correspondent Ian Malczewski is spending the summer interning with the Canadian Urban Institute in Iloilo City, the Philippines. Over the next few...
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POLL: Your thoughts on tearing down the Gardiner
Urban Affairs critic Christopher Hume, in today’s Toronto Star, expressed his disappointment that local decision-makers lack the gumption to do the...
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Best American cities to cope with an oil crisis
The American mainstream media can’t get enough news stories out of the rising cost of oil. The topic has three great storylines to highlight: the...
By Matthew Blackett