Walking
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Spacing Radio is back with Summer Shorts
Spacing Radio is back! For the summer we are changing things up a bit and so over the next few months we’re going to give you a lot more to listen...
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Commuting snapshots across the Spacing map
Source: Statistics Canada By Emily Richardson — cross-posted from Spacing Atlantic Despite dramatic differences in population, density, infrastructure...
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Complete Streets: What they are and why we need them
Conversations about the architecture of Toronto’s streets tend to be terribly divisive. You’re either a cyclist or a driver. A transit user or a...
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You will walk all over Toronto this weekend like it’s some kind of Jane Jacobs welcome mat
The following is a reprint of my recent Psychogeography column in Eye Weekly — a reminder that this is Jane’s Walk weekend. Exploring Toronto...
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An open letter to candidates about complete streets
Dear candidates, The individuals who have signed this letter met recently to discuss the theme of transportation in our city. We are a diverse group of...
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Losing a city square
In Toronto’s new Walking Strategy, adopted as official policy by city council just last year, one of the key strategy actions (5.6) under the...
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He’s just walking… across the USA
Gotta love this: New York City resident Matt Green has decided to walk across the United States over the next nine months. Unlike most adventures of this...
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Milton school forces to students to walk
There was a time when kids walked to school, ten miles up hill both ways through the snow of course. Alas, those days are long gone, and today many...
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Bike lanes would help Bloor West Village businesses
The current street design paradigm in this city seems to assume that one of the biggest opponents to bike lanes on Toronto’s major arterials are the...
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Ontario auto insurance changes hit pedestrians, cyclists
Anyone who doesn’t own a car, and the insurance that goes with it, is going to have fewer resources to deal with injuries if they are hit by a car...
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Youth and the spaces around schools
EDITOR’S NOTE: Josh Fullan, who teaches English and Civics at the University of Toronto Schools (a private high school affiliated with the...
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Walking Amman
Talk about putting Toronto’s walking issues in perspective — Toronto cycling activist Hannah Evans recently moved to Amman, Jordan to work...
By Dylan Reid