Transit
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Minding the gap for the Better Way
Today’s Toronto Star has a full-page feature on last weekend’s Toronto Transit Camp. It’s a good feature that tries to show the rest of...
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Saturday’s headlines
TRANSIT • GO Transit on track as CN conductors strike [ Toronto Star ] • GO riders should plan for CN strike, official says [ Globe and Mail ...
By Matthew Blackett -
This week in NOW
In this week’s NOW, Mike Smith writes about last weekend’s TTC camp in Camp-out with TTC geeks. If you missed Matt Blackett’s report on...
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Articles to help kill a Friday afternoon
TRANSIT • GO urges commuters to make own plans as strike looms [ Toronto Star ] • For City, TTC’s a big ticket [ Toronto Star ] &bull...
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If only Margaret Wente could have watched these in her youth…
We may have discovered where the inclination to spend an entire Sunday at TTC Camp comes from: the public transportation propaganda put out in 1970s by...
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A Sunday of immodest proposals
The Sunday Star had a few articles of note (since Tuesday is the best time to reflect on the Sunday paper): Why not shop the better way? Andrew Chung...
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Let’s call it Spadina North
There are a few stations in the subway system that have a sibling station with a connection to another subway line: St. George, Yonge-Bloor, Kennedy...
By Matthew Blackett -
Toronto Transit Camp wrap-up
On Sunday, nearly 100 Toronto transit enthusiasts converged on the Gladstone Hotel to take part in Toronto Transit Camp. The gathering was called an...
By Matthew Blackett -
An artist’s rendition: TTC makeover ideas
If you mixed these two together, what would Toronto get? Anyone who knows me well knows that my biggest pet peeves are bad public transit and bad design...
By Craig Cal -
Toronto’s public spaces in the news
TRANSIT • Can GO get going? [ Toronto Star ] • GO unveils strike plan [ Toronto Star ] • TTC, supervisors charged in noxious gas case ...
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Wednesday’s mid-afternoon link to articles
Word out of City Hall today is that Astral, Clear Channel, and CBS have submitted their applications for the street furniture program. More to come...
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Bloggers effect change on the TTC’s website
As many of the regular Spacing Wire readers will know, a few blogs here in Toronto teamed up to gather feedback for the TTC on improving their horrible...
By Matthew Blackett