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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • A smelly situation

    Wednesday’s Globe and Mail ran an article about a Calgary woman who complained of the way she was treated on Calgary transit buses for wearing too...

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  • Thursday’s Headlines

    • Lunch express rides again [ Toronto Star ] • More power to Italy on waste [ Toronto Star ] • Keep it simple, spare us frills [ Toronto...

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  • Tuesday’s Headlines

    • City budget: $7.8 billion, 3.8% tax hike [ Toronto Star ] • City eyes tax hike of 3.8% [ Toronto Sun ] • Toronto budget shortfall means...

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  • Come to the TTC’s 10th annual public meeting

    The TTC is inviting the public to give them ideas on how to improve service. We are looking for ideas on where and when to add new routes, or how we could...

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  • Nobody loves the subway

    Today I waited for a while at Sackville and Queen East for a westbound streetcar that never came. So I started walking — all the way to CityTV...

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  • Toronto’s Climate Plan

    On Friday, Toronto released Change is in the Air, its proposed framework for action on climate change and clean air, and it is a thing of beauty (albeit...

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  • Friday’s Headlines

    • ‘Our last chance’ [ Toronto Star ] • Miller to unveil green plan [ Toronto Star ] • New green measures to come within weeks ...

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  • Dale Duncan at City Hall: March 22, 2007

    Why subways are not better Toronto’s transit geeks are drooling over newly released plans to build an integrated network of LRT lines that...

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  • Thursday’s Headlines

    • Shorter winters curb crater toll [ Toronto Star ] • One-cent campaign lagging in support from Miller’s allies [ Toronto Star ] &bull...

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  • Wednesday’s Headlines

    • ‘A lot of us are in the middle’ [ Toronto Star ] • Council duo deny they own rent bills [ Toronto Star ] • Pay up, thrifty...

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  • Tuesday’s Headlines

    • Federal budget a ‘step backwards’ for cities: Miller [ cbc ] Days before the budget, the Toronto Transit Commission revealed its...

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  • Monday (and weekend) headlines

    A compendium of articles from the weekend and Monday. TRANSIT ISSUES • Mind the transit funding gap [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto transit dream...

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