Urban Design
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OP-ED: Toronto’s planning needs less politics, not more
Brad Bradford is a Toronto city councillor and former urban planner When I saw Doug Ford’s new planning legislation my first thought was “wow...
By Brad Bradford -
Is it time for Canadian cities to think about road pricing? Put it to the people and find out.
Editor: With congestion grinding cities down and road pricing hitting political buffers, is there a better route to a solution? Spacing is pleased to...
By Nicholas Sanderson -
Suburban land use & climate change: Making the connections and taking action
In the wake of the sudden and unexpected announcement of the termination of her position, the Environmental Commissioner for the Province of Ontario has...
By Tricia Wood -
How city hall is keeping needed change out of ‘stable neighbourhoods’
Item: In a development application [download PDF] heard by the Etobicoke-York district committee of adjustment in late February, a builder proposed...
By George Popper -
Did the Sidewalk Labs plot just thicken, or is the story coming to an end?
A series of exposés in recent days, in both The Toronto Star and the National Observer, revealed that Sidewalk Labs has retained a small army of lobbyists...
By Bianca Wylie -
Can we stop talking about congestion? It’s not the point
This is probably a pointless plea, but can we stop talking about congestion? Our conversations about transportation in Canadian urban regions these days...
By Tricia Wood -
Life on the Line: Light in the Tunnel
(Alex Garant, “Midnight”) For the past month, you may have noticed a...
By Sarah Ratzlaff -
Is good regional transit planning impossible?
Image: Christof Spieler, Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of U.S. Transit, Island Press. The recent news from Vancouver is driving some to...
By Tricia Wood -
Guest Op-ed: Building a Waterfront City in Toronto
OP-ED: By City Councillor Joe Cressy Revitalizing our waterfront is the largest and longest-lasting project that we will leave for future generations of...
By Spacing -
Three ways the King Street Pilot creates more livable communities
As the Toronto Transit Commission’s King Street Pilot hits the one-year mark, its fate is uncertain. Data shows an 11% increase in public transit...
By Diana Yoon -
We need to talk about cars
When we plan for our transportation future, whether we’re talking at the municipal, regional or provincial level, there’s an elephant in the room. Even...
By Tricia Wood -
Where do people go to find quiet in a city?
Sitting on my second floor balcony – a laneway and a row of houses separating me from Dufferin Street – I often find myself yearning for the sound of...
By Andrea Oppedisano