Walking
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REID: Dissecting the pedestrian countdown
The most important thing to realize about the pedestrian countdown signal is that it is only relevant to people who start crossing after the...
By Dylan Reid -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 001 with Janette Sadik-Khan
Welcome to the return of Spacing Radio, a monthly podcast that uncovers Toronto and Canadian urbanism. In episode 001, we sit down with Denise Pinto...
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Lost and found in the PATH: the case for new wayfinding
This summer, a pilot project will be launched to test a new wayfinding system in the PATH — Toronto’s subterranean navigation-slash-commercial network of...
By Kieran Delamont -
Book Review – How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City
Walking was the primary way that people got around cities from the time cities first emerged until the 20th century. But, argues Joan DeJean in her book...
By Dylan Reid -
The “great monster of death” arrives in Toronto
Lenton Williams worked in the printing department at Eaton’s department store. On the evening of June 14, 1905, the 60-year-old was jogging south along...
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LORINC: What Toronto can learn from street fighter Janette Sadik-Khan
Toronto has only one short and unflattering walk-on part in Janette Sadik Khan’s fascinating account of her experiences as the crusading transportation...
By John Lorinc -
The signal distance factor — safe crossing “deserts”
Pedestrians are often accused of putting themselves in danger by crossing wide, fast streets at locations where there is no traffic signal. But in many...
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Not In My Front Yard: The controversy of installing sidewalks
McNicoll Avenue at Boxdene Avenue. There’s no sidewalk on the south side of this busy Scarborough road. It might come as a surprise that nearly 25...
By Sean Marshall -
Cars are part of the mix in Kensington Market
One of the first areas I take people when they visit Toronto is usually Kensington Market – that dense grid of narrow streets stuffed with fruit and...
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The challenge of getting to the bus stop
Adapted from a post in Marshall’s Musings, the author’s personal blog. In the Greater Toronto Area, we have a fixation on building transit...
By Sean Marshall -
Do you have to shovel your sidewalk?
In the City of Toronto, the city will clear some local sidewalks when it snows a certain amount, but other people are required to shovel their sidewalk...
By Dylan Reid -
Balancing vibrancy and accessibility: new rules for sidewalk patios
In the current issue of Spacing, I mention sidewalk patios as an example of the dual role of sidewalks, as both a place and a corridor. Patios can have a...
By Dylan Reid