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Dr. Soberman’s Virtual Street Tours
Earlier this afternoon, Steve Munro posted a long and scathing commentary on a study by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario. The...
By Sean Marshall -
Streetcars vs. Cars: December 16th blizzard
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTkcdLF1GPs[/youtube] Last month’s terriblewonderful Sunday blizzard threw the city into either a winter...
By Shawn Micallef -
Streetcar map for Toronto
Click on maps to see larger version About a year ago I sat down with TTC Chair Adam Giambrone and his staff to discuss a number of little ideas I had...
By Matthew Blackett -
The continuing saga of the Queen Car
The 501 Queen Streetcar was recently named by National Geographic as one of the ten great tram rides of a lifetime (up there with the San Francisco...
By Sean Marshall -
Continuing to swap one bad habit for another
Last year, The Canadian Cancer Society and Toronto Public Health teamed up to bring you the Driven To Quit challenge which encouraged people to quit...
By Matthew Blackett -
The case for Toronto’s U-Pass
Vancouver has one. Halifax does, too. Same with Calgary and Chicago. Even London, Ontario is a member of this not-so-exclusive club. But Toronto...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Does transit card design matter?
There are so many issues on the TTC’s “hierarchy of problems” that questioning the metropass’s design could seem frivolous or even...
By Shawn Micallef -
Mihevc talks recreation
Councillor Joe Mihevc has served his midtown Ward 21 for 17 years. The son of blue collar Slovenian immigrants, Councillor Mihevc began his political...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
We’re Top 10!
Toronto is among the top 10 economic centres in the world, according to Standard & Poor’s. A provider of financial market intelligence...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Picturing DC
WASHINGTON DC — At the risk of turning this blog into Spacing DC, I’m going to share a few more public space-related photographs from my...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Reflections on Baltimore
Following up (and inspired by) on Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler’s post on walking in Washington, I happened to be in Charm City for a few days...
By Sean Marshall -
Walking Washington’s 14th Street
WASHINGTON, DC — I flew down to the Washington, DC area earlier this week to celebrate Christmas with my Jewish family. Staying in the suburb of...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler