Walking
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Etobicoke stories: the DIY shortcut to Eatonville Library
My tower neighbourhood was built with modernist ideals of green space, low density and novelty. In the ‘50s, Toronto planners and architects stretched...
By Sheraz Khan -
Pedestrian countdown signals reduce collisions
Last Thursday, a car performed an astonishingly dangerous turn in front of traffic at Lake Shore Blvd. and Bay. It collided with another car, and they...
By Dylan Reid -
Checking out Ottawa’s new Bank St.
I was in Ottawa last weekend and strolled along Bank St. in the Glebe neighbourhood, which was recently re-done with new street furniture, art and paving...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto Walking Policy Resources
A wide range of City of Toronto policies affect walking, but it’s not always easy to know about them or find them. This post provides a convenient...
By Dylan Reid -
The 2013 Complete Streets Forum
If there’s one thing I learned from the 2013 Complete Streets Forum this week, it was that we in Toronto need to learn to market our city’s...
By Dylan Reid -
Doing something about city’s most dangerous intersections for pedestrians
Tomorrow, Toronto’s Public Works and Infrastructure Committee will look at a report from City staff that identifies the 100 worst intersections in...
By Dylan Reid -
A win for pedestrians in last week’s messy council meeting
In March, I wrote about the planned reconstruction of Bay Street between Bloor St. and Davenport Rd, which amongst other things, would widen Bay...
By Sean Marshall -
The Cycle and Sole Rally – walking and biking to Queen’s Park for pedestrian and cycling safety
On Saturday May 11, pedestrians and cyclists will converge on Queen’s Park from North, South, East and West for a rally to celebrate active...
By Dylan Reid -
Play the Walk, April 25 – 28 in the West Queen West Triangle
This weekend, you are invited to Play the Walk – a neighbourhood project for curious citizens, featuring a mobile gift shop in collaboration with Spacing...
By Jay Wall -
Walkonomics walking app comes to Toronto
Walkonomics, a British-based company, is launching their walkability app in Toronto. It’s a concept pioneered by American company Walkscore, whose...
By Dylan Reid -
Walking insights from “Gridlock Sam”
I went to the talk by former New York City traffic commissioner Sam Schwartz on “Creating a More Walkable Toronto – Strategies from Chicago and New York...
By Dylan Reid -
Public Forum on “Creating a More Walkable Toronto”
The Toronto Society of Architects and the City of Toronto Public Realm Office have come together to organize a public forum next week on “Creating a...
By Dylan Reid