Walking
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Study finds that removing parking to install bike lanes or widen sidewalk would benefit businesses on Bloor
Proposals to install bike lanes and/or widen sidewalks on main streets in Toronto almost always require the removal of parking spaces along the street...
By Dylan Reid -
Crow uses a pedestrian crossing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RPHxA8-aaE[/youtube] I found this delightful video about crows adapting to an urban environment and even learning...
By Dylan Reid -
Experiments with creating walking maps
I recently had the privilege of observing a fascinating exercise in mapping walking routes in St. Jamestown. Youth from the high-rise district marked up...
By Dylan Reid -
City staff discuss the placement of new transit shelters
In October, I wrote a post about how, on narrow sidewalks, the new transit shelters being installed by the city as part of the new street furniture...
By Dylan Reid -
New Toronto Public Realm Office off and running
Last year, the City of Toronto decided to set up a “Public Realm Office” that would be a one-stop shop in charge of managing the city’s...
By Dylan Reid -
Assorted transportation articles: transit drunk tent, Japan demotorizing, dangerous Indian roads, pedlock, dangerous sidewalks, and talking CCTV
I’ve been doing a New Year’s file clearing, and I came across various articles that I had set aside because I thought they might be of...
By Dylan Reid -
Sidewalk ploughed!
When I got to Queen Street West around Spadina on my way to work this morning, I discovered a pleasant surprise — a long stretch of the sidewalk had...
By Dylan Reid -
Gift Guide: City Walks – Toronto
City Walks: Toronto is a nicely-designed collection of 50 solid cards in an attractive box. Each compact card (4-1/16 x 5-5/8) has on one side a map with...
By Dylan Reid -
First test of sidewalk snow-and-ice clearing
As Torontonians negotiated snowy and icy sidewalks this past week, some were no doubt reminded of the problems the city had last winter with clearing...
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New transit shelters eating into sidewalk space
New TTC shelter at Queen West and Peter In recent weeks, while walking on routes which have been familiar to me for years on Queen Street West and Hoskin...
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Dept. of Funny Signs: Lawn Chair Parking
I saw this “official graffiti” stencil on Queen West just east of University, in preparation for the annual Santa Claus Parade this weekend. I...
By Dylan Reid -
Go public (and maybe private) on Halloween
An annual reminder that one of the best places in the city to be on Halloween night is on Church Street. It’s closed to traffic and turns into a...
By Shawn Micallef