Walking
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Around 40% of people in Toronto walk at least part of their commute
The new report from Toronto Public Health, The Walkable City: Neighbourhood Design and Preferences, Travel Choices and Health (PDF), provides a crucial...
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“The Walkable City”: a new report from Toronto Public Health
Yesterday, Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health released a new report by Toronto Public Health, The Walkable City: Neighbourhood Design and...
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Union Station revitalization ignores street food vendors
This is a cross-post from Carly Dunster Law. Ms. Dunster is a Spacing contributor who works with food entrepreneurs, food initiatives, and acts as an...
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The Design Review Panel looks at the InfoToGo Pillars
Yesterday (PDF), Toronto’s Design Review Panel looked at the new “InfoToGo” info/ad pillars installed by Astral Media as part of the...
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Beyond Speedbumps: other ways to calm traffic on residential streets
Last fall, I went on a community walk in Rivertowne, a new development north-west of Queen E. and Broadview that combines public and market townhouses...
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Following up on Leslie St.
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the potential for Leslie Street from Queen E. to Lake Shore to be turned into a gateway to the Leslie Street Spit and...
By Dylan Reid -
Leslie Street – Gateway or Gate to the Waterfront?
The City of Toronto has an opportunity to transform Leslie Street into a welcoming gateway to the Leslie Street Spit and the eastern waterfront, but is...
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Walkability in tower neighbourhoods, and other walking news
I’ve written before about the project by Paul Hess and Jane Farrow to study walkability in Toronto’s high-rise neighbourhoods. It’s been...
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Darkest November = Pedestrian Danger
A statistical study by Global News of pedestrian accidents 2000-2009 has found that the end of November is the most dangerous time of year for pedestians...
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City won’t put a sidewalk on a route to school
A local resident recently brought my attention to an impending decision by the City of Toronto to not add a sidewalk to Chine Drive, a local road in...
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Is this really an “info” pillar?
In the past couple of weeks, new “information” pillars have been popping up around town. But they don’t seem to be much about...
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Transforming Front St. at Union Station (and other pedestrian news)
Last week, I went to the open house for the project to transform Front Street at Union Station, in conjunction with the massive renovation of Union...
By Dylan Reid