Walking
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Don’t park that scooter on the sidewalk
With the expansion of the use of scooters in the city (Vespa is the most famous brand), I noticed a lot more of these scooters parked on sidewalks this...
By Dylan Reid -
JOHN LORINC: Tunnel visions
Here’s something for public space advocates to chew on: With their plan for a $38 million tunnel to the Toronto City Centre Airport, Robert Deluce...
By John Lorinc -
STREET SCENE: Watch For Pedestrians
They have a way of moving in any direction. Street Scene will appear each week showcasing the illustrations of local artist Jerry Waese.
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Events Guide: Pedestrian Sunday Kensington – Blackout Anniversary
WHAT: Blackout anniversary edition of Pedestrian Sunday Kensington WHEN: Sunday, August 16, 2009 from 1PM – 7PM (10PM on north Augusta) WHERE...
By Spacing -
The pedestrianization of Times Square
I have to admit that the first time I visited New York, I hit a lot of the tourist must-sees; the Empire State Building observation deck, walking across...
By Sean Marshall -
Do not pass GO: Silly pedestrian barriers to transit
I’m not sure what it is about GO Transit. I want to think that it is an essential part of our public transit system. In many respects, it is: by...
By Sean Marshall -
Walking Woman
I just got back from a trip to Europe, where I saw the first example I’ve seen of a walking-woman signal, in the Dutch town of Haarlem (I’ve...
By Dylan Reid -
More than a bridge: Reflections on Bridging the Design Gap
Several weeks ago, the members of Bridging the Design Gap, an informal design charette, posed the question: ‘when is a bridge more than just a...
By Nigel Terpstra -
Bike- and ped-friendly construction
AMSTERDAM – If you regularly walk or bike around Toronto the scene in the photo above is probably familiar to you. Construction work forces you to...
By Fred Sztabinski -
World Wide Wednesday: Lessons from Seoul’s river expressway
Last week, with the Jarvis Street lane reduction still front and centre, we looked at the big strides New York is taking in increasing its bicycling...
By Jake Schabas -
John Lorinc examines Jan Gehl’s one stone-five birds strategy
With a winking apology to the ornithology set, the renowned Danish architect Jan Gehl last week laid out his “one stone-five birds†strategy for a...
By John Lorinc -
A day at Works Committee
It’s been a while since I sat in on the City of Toronto Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, but I went there last Tuesday to depute in favour...
By Dylan Reid