Walking
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Bye-bye, Monster Bins
The monster garbage bin project is dead! Well, almost. This week, the City’s Works committee agreed to begin the process for a fat-ass street...
By Matthew Blackett -
Missing rings from post
The blog bricoleurbanism.org is reporting that the metals rings from Toronto bike racks are missing along a stretch of Dundas St. West (just east of...
By Matthew Blackett -
Who You Gonna Call? Obstacle-Busters!
At the Toronto Pedestrian Committee in January, we heard a presentation from city staff about sidewalk obstacles (construction scaffolding, patios...
By Dylan Reid -
New mobility hub launched today!
The New Mobility HUB Launch at Exhibition Place Tuesday, April 25, 8:30 – 10 am From the Bike Toronto website: The City of Toronto will be getting...
By Spacing -
Montreal Street Furniture Project
I’ve been posting my impressions of public space in some cities I’ve visited recently, and the last of the current bunch is Montreal. Montreal...
By Dylan Reid -
How to be a great city; pedestrianizing Toronto; homeless survey
The Star on Sunday has some more good articles on city building. 1. From “How to be a great city”: What are the forces that shape the urban...
By Matthew Blackett -
Vancouver Impressions
Continuing my series of thoughts about public space in other cities, I visited Vancouver for the first time in years earlier this winter. It’s a...
By Dylan Reid -
United We Can
Found this article on CBC’s website about binners and dumpster divers. I like the name of the organization involved in this project: United We Can...
By Matthew Blackett -
Senior ticketed for taking too long to cross street
Gotta love this — an old lady crossing the street in Los Angeles gets a ticket from a motorcycle cop because she was too slow. It’s still...
By Matthew Blackett -
Last day for street furniture survey
Today is the last day for the public to fill out a street furniture survey. It is very important for as many people to fill this out so that the City...
By Matthew Blackett -
Pedestrian Bridges
In Saturday’s Globe and Mail, John Lorinc reports that there is a proposal afoot for a pedestrian bridge designed by architect Will Aslop (of OCAD...
By Dylan Reid -
Ottawa Public Space
I went on a trip to Ottawa in the fall, and noticed good, interesting, and bad public space initiatives. The Good Ottawa has made many pedestrian-oriented...
By Dylan Reid