Walking
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Rating the walkability of your neighbourhood
In the fall, I stumbled across an interesting web site called Walk Score dedicated to rating the walkability of neighbourhoods. Originally, it was only...
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American cities becoming more walkable
The Brookings Institution in the US has recently published a study, “Footloose and Fancy Free: A Field Survey of Walkable Urban Places in the Top 30...
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Help develop Toronto’s walking strategy – and other walking notes
As I’ve noted in passing in some previous posts, the City of Toronto is currently developing a “Walking Strategy” to guide Toronto...
By Dylan Reid -
Kensington Pedestrian Sundays help clear the air
We’re launching Spacing’s “green” issue in a week, on Monday Dec. 3. To give our readers a taste of the kind of questions...
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Prefix Photo takes a stroll through your consciousness
An event and issue dedicated, in part, to ideas surrounding “walking and consciousness” from the good people at Prefix Photo. What: Release of...
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Pedestrians crossing mid-block in Toronto: the definitive guide
Last summer, I wrote an article in NOW magazine about pedestrians crossing in the middle of a block, noting that it is in fact legal to do so, so that...
By Dylan Reid -
Greek pedestrians take direct action
We think there’s a lot to do to make Toronto more pedestrian-friendly, but a recent article in the New York Times about pedestrian problems in...
By Dylan Reid -
Daylight savings: the silent pedestrian killer
Sorry for the Toronto Sun-like headline, but I couldn’t resist. But who knew that the likeihood of a pedestrian being struck within the first few...
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“Steps Towards a Walkable City” — public consultation
The City of Toronto launched a discussion document called “Steps Towards a Walkable City,” without much fanfare, at the beginning of October...
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Walking-related events next week
Here are a couple of walking-related events taking place next week: Walk this Way “Walk this Way” is an exhibit at the Design Exchange that...
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Plans for Etobicoke’s city centre
Etobicoke Civic Centre The concepts for the creation of a new Etobicoke (well, now it’s called “West District”) city centre between...
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This traffic signal is brought to you by …
It’s a disconcerting experience to find that an April Fool’s joke in fact has an element of reality to it. This spring, I posted a funny April...
By Dylan Reid