{"id":72024,"date":"2026-08-17T07:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T11:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=72024"},"modified":"2026-08-16T22:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T02:26:59","slug":"podcast-spacing-radio-95-saving-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2026\/08\/17\/podcast-spacing-radio-95-saving-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Spacing Radio 95, Saving Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First: a little rant about Doug Ford&#8217;s island airport expansion plans, which have (at least for now) been grounded.<\/p>\n<p>Next, the book <a href=\"https:\/\/spacingstore.ca\/products\/saving-toronto-10-city-builders-tell-us-how\"><em>Saving Toronto: 10 City Builders Tell Us How<\/em><\/a> is available now. It&#8217;s a collection of essays organized by themes like governance, transit, and housing. We asked public policy analyst <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gg.ca\/en\/honours\/recipients\/146-2289\">Anne Golden<\/a> and urban designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kengreenberg.ca\/\">Ken Greenberg<\/a>, who co-edited the book, how it came together, and if we can actually achieve what the title says and save Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Then, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/thebikinglawyer.bsky.social\">David Shellnutt<\/a> (The Biking Lawyer) tells us about the double standards Toronto cyclists face from police, compared to motorists, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AoWxL6QsLFQ\">violent assault<\/a> the TPS carried out last June.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the podcast on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/spacing-radio\/id1124077274\">Apple Podcasts<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7j3L15Vo36v6MJGXask9HG\">Spotify<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\">SoundCloud<\/a>, or follow our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.soundcloud.com\/users\/soundcloud:users:233628346\/sounds.rss\">RSS feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/soundcloud%253Atracks%253A2382887385&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=true&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Spacing Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacing Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Episode 95: Saving Toronto\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/spacingradio\/episode-95-saving-toronto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 95: Saving Toronto<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First: a little rant about Doug Ford&#8217;s island airport expansion plans, which have (at least for now) been grounded. 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