Walking
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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...
By Matthew Blackett -
“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...
By Dylan Reid -
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...
By Dylan Reid -
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...
By Dylan Reid -
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 -
Toronto pedestrians may get to scramble
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=BmAe-OjtX6o[/youtube] It seems Toronto is starting to think like a global city, at least when it comes to pedestrians...
By Matthew Blackett -
Countdown signals: the verdict is in
The verdict appears to be in about the new countdown signals. The Toronto Star (full PDF article) is reporting that pedestrian fatalities are down this...
By Sean Marshall -
Human River walk this weekend
The Toronto Public Space Committee is holding its 3rd Annual Human River walk along Garrison Creek, Toronto’s biggest buried river, this Sunday...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto’s Messy Urbanism from the perspective of an Angeleno
Ed: During the Walk 21 conference a few of us had the all too brief pleasure to meet James Rojas from Los Angeles. After he returned to LA he sent us an...
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New York’s naked streets, Pt. II
NEW YORK — An update on the 9th Avenue and 14th Street woonerf: The city has now installed a series of planters, café tables and chairs...
By Joseph Clement -
Can naked streets make pedestrians sexy?
The surprising media coverage of the Walk21 conference continued after it was over, with a series of wrap-up pieces over the weekend and in the weeklies...
By Dylan Reid -
A good week for walking
The Walk21 conference last week got remarkable, and entirely unexpected, media coverage. In fact, I suspect pedestrian issues got more media coverage than...
By Dylan Reid