Transit
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GIFT GUIDE: Transit Maps of the World book
If you are scrambling for gifts for your urban-obsessed friends, you should consider buying the book “Transit Maps of the World” published by...
By Matthew Blackett -
Snow storm stories
When I looked out of my apartment window at 8am Sunday morning I could see nothing but white. It scared me, so I went back to bed for a few more hours...
By Matthew Blackett -
Trying a new streetscape on Cherry Street
There’s an interesting streetscape experiment in the works for Cherry St. between King and Lakeshore, part of the new West Donlands development...
By Dylan Reid -
The Death and Life of Great Queen Street
Hot on the heels of the Fix the Queen Streetcar Forum, where the corpse of the once great 501 line was kicked around and administered the defibrillator...
By Shawn Micallef -
TTC subway map in Chinese
Recently, Statistics Canada released a report that analysed a number of trends across the country, and one of the findings showed Toronto to be a growing...
By Matthew Blackett -
The Agenda: this week at City Hall
Toronto City Council has a heavy agenda [PDF] to get through at its meeting scheduled to run on Tuesday and Wednesday. Here are highlights of some of the...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Series on commuting continues in Toronto Star
This week The Star is featuring a series on commuting. Yesterday’s was particularly interesting, looking at what was alternately termed...
By Shawn Micallef -
Voice(s) of the TTC
Last week we linked to an article describing the firing of the woman who does the voice of the London Underground. On Thursday, the National Post had an...
By Shawn Micallef -
POLL: Which new name would you like to see the GTTA adopt?
The other day, Spacing challenged our readers to propose a better name for the former Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (GTTA) now known as...
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Montreal vs. Toronto: battle of the bus transfers!
MONTREAL — French Panic, a local blogger who may or may not be my neighbour, recently spent some time in Toronto. She came back with some pertinent...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Give the GTTA a Better Name Contest
As Spacing Toronto contributor Sean Marshall posted the other day, the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (GTTA) has rebranded itself Metrolinx. The...
By Matthew Blackett -
The GTTA is Now Metrolinx
The Greater Toronto Transportation Authority (or GTTA) has come up with a new marketing name and a new website. The new name is Metrolinx. The name and...
By Sean Marshall