Traffic
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OP-ED: Warning about the danger to kids from pickup trucks
How many people would buy a new version of a home appliance knowing that it is seven times more likely to cause injury to a child than its traditional...
By Albert Koehl -
Understanding the elusiveness of Smart Cities
As Canadian cities strive to navigate rapid urbanization, climate change, and digital disruption, “smart city” strategies have emerged as a popular, and...
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OP-ED: Pedaling inaccuracies
Recently, Etobicoke MP Yvan Baker joined a small group of residents to publicly denounce the Bloor Street bike lanes. In a statement shared on his...
By Lanrick Bennett -
Want an alternative to a 401 tunnel? How about incredibly reliable GO bus service
Giant hairy-chested capital projects have an uncanny ability to commandeer public attention — the latest choice example, of course, is the Big Doug, about...
By John Lorinc -
Reversing the Ford government’s biking backlash
At a time when Washington has launched a scorched earth attack on virtually all federal climate policies, the Ford government’s hyper-partisan...
By John Lorinc -
OP-ED: Congestion Confusion
Everyday traffic in Toronto feels like a punchline no one’s laughing at. From headlines about mounting congestion to Premier Ford’s promise to...
By Lanrick Bennett -
The politics of beautification and decongestion
How should a city solve major problems without allowing the proposed solutions to inadvertently prevent the solving of said major problems? This...
By John Lorinc -
OP-ED: Breaking Gridlock? More Like Reinforcing It
Toronto doesn’t have a congestion problem — it has a car problem. Yet, the Toronto Region Board of Trade’s Breaking Gridlock report offers more of the...
By Lanrick Bennett -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 086, Lost Highways
In a snap election called ostensibly to decide which Ontario provincial party leader can take on Donald Trump, we sure have spent a lot of time talking...
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When data beats gut feelings about traffic
Digital data is an important component of transportation management, used by City officials both as a planning tool and to measure the success of...
By Anna Artyushina -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 083, The War on Bikes
With Premier Doug Ford’s repeated promises to rip up bike lanes in Toronto, and possibly even other Ontario cities and towns, we’ve decided to...
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PODCAST: Spacing Radio 082, Toronto’s political gridlock
This month, we respond to Doug Ford’s stated plan of banning new bike lanes in Ontario municipalities and building an underground highway from...
By Spacing Radio