Transit
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Monday’s Headlines
• Biological imperative drives us to strip mall [ Toronto Star ] • A celebration of diversity [ Toronto Star ] • Green business congress...
By Julie Yamin -
Pulling TTC attention towards its signs
Crossposted to Transit Toronto. Design critic and accessibility advocate Joe Clark brings to our attention pressing issues regarding signage on the...
By James Bow -
Cycling round up
Photo courtesy of bikelanediary A lot has been happening this summer in cycling news. Here are just a few recent items from our city and beyond. Cycling...
By Tammy Thorne -
All along my watchtower
I recently moved into a high-rise apartment in the most southernly part of Parkdale. My place is on the 24th floor and overlooks Humber Bay and most of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Facebook Friday: Getting on track with the TTC
Toronto’s Facebook network has grown exponentially in the past couple years. With over half a million users to date, Torontonians form the single...
By Sarah Magwood -
Thursday’s Headlines
• Streetcars’ ‘wheel squeak’ driving reader to despair [ Toronto Star ] • New bins ‘waste of money’ [ Toronto Star...
By Julie Yamin -
Presto Farecard: Revolution or Hyperbole?
Images from prestocard.ca Today’s newspapers are fawning over a new farecard (see yesterday’s and today’s headlines posts), to be called...
By Sean Marshall -
Tuesday’s Headlines
• Ont. minister says multi-system transit card a first for Canada [ cbc ] • Fare enough: Single card aims to ease ticket trouble [ Toronto Star...
By Julie Yamin -
Monday’s Headlines
• To revitalize waterfront, first give city hall a shake [ Toronto Star ] • We’re happy to report on a barrel of repairs [ Toronto Star ...
By Julie Yamin -
The Impervious P-lot
A little while ago, before the snow melted, a small group of us met up in an Ottawa office space to interview architect Scott Hayward about “greenâ€Â...
By Amber Yared -
Help choose Toronto’s new LRVs — aka our new streetcars
The past few months have been very exciting for Toronto’s transit users, with March’s announcement of the Transit City – Light Rail plan...
By Craig Cal -
Walking to transit in Brazil
Most people who take transit walk to their transit stop. You would think that transit companies would therefore be very conscious of pedestrian issues...
By Dylan Reid