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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • TTC announces TRANSIT CITY plan

    Today at City Hall, the TTC announced its intentions loud and clear: If Toronto is going to become the greenest and most sustainable city in North...

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  • Friday’s Headlines

    • Far too big, too high, too close [ Toronto Star ] • Moscoe floats a parking tax [ Toronto Star ] • TTC plans light rail web [ Toronto...

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  • Toronto on its way to being a Transit City?

    The TTC is planning an announcement tomorrow that will highlight the transit authority’s LRT plans for the future (at 10:30am, City Hall, Committee...

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  • Thursday’s Headlines

    • No ‘fore’ as gold club hacks maples [ Toronto Star ] • Police probe GTA links to U.S. guns [ Toronto Star ] • Driver’s...

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  • Montreal makes top 11 Virgin list

    Virgin Vacations, of all places, has a list of the 11 (?) best subway systems in the world. It’s a relatively arbitrary list, but that doesn’t...

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  • Public Dublin

    Though only in Dublin a very short time, I got the feeling it’s a happy city. And a public one. The streets in the city centre are absolutely full...

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  • Tuesday’s Headlines

    • Couturiers have designs on funding [ Toronto Star ] • Make Toronto’s fashion scene the new Milan MPP urges [ cbc ] • Big Apple...

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  • Wednesday’s Headlines

    • Is subway really the better way? [ Toronto Star ] • Toronto area gets $1B for transit [ cbc ] • For the good of transit [ Globe and Mail...

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  • And the Gardiner is back in business

    UPDATE: Gardiner reopens [ Toronto Star ] – – – – – – – – – – If you’re a driver and the...

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  • Tuesday’s Headlines

    • Arborists tackle 4,860 calls like a ‘triage unit’ [ National Post ] • Gardiner closed for 2nd day [ Toronto Star ] • Drivers...

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  • Let the chips fall where they may

    As our intrepid Spacing Wire reporter Julie Yamin wrote on Friday, there are pieces of ice falling from the CN Tower. So much so, that the Gardiner was...

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  • Subway Life

    Ok, I’ll admit it. I have a staring problem. Whenever I ride the TTC, I look at people’s faces and wonder what their story is. It helps pass...

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