Transit
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LORINC: New subway extension overshadows other important transit news
All the hype and posturing that accompanied this weekend’s subway opening effectively obliterated a bit of news about a small transit infrastructure...
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LORINC: Board of Trade pitches myth of free transit
Among all the forms of magical thinking that infect the region’s political culture, none are as pernicious — or persistent — as the myth of free transit...
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LORINC: Understanding how the TTC won North America’s top transit prize
When the TTC announced on Monday that it had won the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) award for outstanding achievement for 2017, many...
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REID: Transforming Buenos Aires
A radical transformation of the centre of Buenos Aires, Argentina, combining a new Bus Rapid Transit project and a pedestrian-and-cyclist priority...
By Dylan Reid -
REID: Pity the poor operator: success and failure in subway systems
I attended the International Transport Forum May 31-June 2 on behalf of Spacing, and over the next few days will report some of the most interesting...
By Dylan Reid -
LORINC: No relief in sight when it comes to subways and politics
In the bonfire of the vanities that is transit politics in Greater Toronto, it is often difficult to identify who is the biggest bozo. Take, for example...
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A need for high speed rail reality
GO Transit commuter train at Brampton Station, on the Toronto-Kitchener rail corridor Last week, Premier Kathleen Wynne announced the commencement of an...
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A new low for the Scarborough Subway champion
For 2016’s annual Torontoist Heroes and Villains feature, I nominated Toronto Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker (Ward 38, Scarborough Centre) as...
By Sean Marshall -
Stand right, walk left: the escalator algorithm
When Spacing asked Torontonians for their insights into Toronto public etiquette, one of the clearest and most repeated messages we got was, when on an...
By Dylan Reid -
John Tory is serving up a platform for Doug Ford 2018
Say you’re Doug Ford. Say you’re tuning in to Episode 237 of the Scarborough Subway Extension Netflix mini-series. Say you’re listening, in your predatory...
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EDITORIAL: It’s time to stop the Scarborough Subway
This is an editorial from the Spacing magazine team Make no mistake: the current Scarborough subway extension (SSE) plan has become this generation’s...
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LORINC: Bombardier’s bribery problems in Europe hurt Toronto
To all the tornado chasers who spot the twisters whipping destructively across Toronto’s forlorn transit geography, add this storm system to your list of...
By John Lorinc