Walking
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Complete streets coming to a Canadian city near you
The Toronto Coalition for Active Transportation (TCAT) has launched a nationwide campaign that promotes cities to adopt “complete streets”...
By Matthew Blackett -
Looking under the hood of transportation policy
Our ideas about travel behaviour provide the foundation of transportation policy. Is rail transit really more attractive to potential users than buses...
By Dylan Reid -
Brainstorming begins for O’Keefe Lane revitalization
O’Keefe Lane and St. Enochs Square are areas of the city thousands of people walk by without noticing every day. Why? Because the lane showcases the...
By Amber Daugherty -
The condo retail we need
Last week, the mainstream media awoke to the fact that it’s not just knee-jerk NIMBY reactions driving Torontonians to fight new condo developments. It’s...
By Jake Schabas -
Should Toronto allow the entrance marquee to flourish?
Stroll through New York City’s Upper West Side and you will undoubtedly find yourself walking beneath a canvas entrance marquee. (Spacing senior editor...
By Claire Nelischer -
Is this the ugliest pedestrian tunnel in Toronto?
Serving as pedestrian tunnels, the two large corrugated metal pipes tucked under a CN rail bridge on Dufferin Street just north of Eglinton Avenue connect...
By Mairin Piccinin -
A Walk Through the Gloaming…
Although Spacing published its picks for Jane’s Walk 2012 yesterday, I wanted to add one more to the list. Finding Mabelle: A Walk Through the...
By Ian Malczewski -
Jane’s Walk 2012: Spacing’s top 20 tours
The annual Jane’s Walk Weekend is just around the corner! On Saturday, May 5th, and Sunday, May 6th, hundreds of free walking tours will take place in...
By Noah van der Laan -
Vancouver’s placement of info pillars more palatable
If Toronto needed some direction on how to deal with obstructive info pillars on sidewalks, the city needs only to look to Vancouver. While I personally...
By Matthew Blackett -
REID: Getting sensible speed limits
The headline recommendation from a new Toronto Public Health Report, Road to Health: Improving Walking and Cycling in Toronto, is reducing speed limits in...
By Dylan Reid -
VIDEO: The Social Life of Small Places
William Whyte got it right: the legendary urbanist created the film “The Social Life of Small Places” that has become one of the best learning...
By Matthew Blackett -
Getting the infopillars under control
Ever since City Council absent-mindedly agreed to let Astral Media redesign their information pillars last summer, and then realized how obnoxious they...
By Dylan Reid