May 2008
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Bike Racks Aren't Scooter Racks
Toronto’s Ring-and-Post bike racks are as ubiquitous to the city as a heart attack to a Big Mac. Since 1984, they have been lining our streets, now numbering in the thousands, providing a convenient and plentiful solution to parking and securing bicycles (except when they failed by whacking of a two-by-four). Despite becoming an increasingly popular mode of travel, the City has been slow...
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It's Toronto, there's Traffic, Stupid
There were two articles in The Star today that immediately caught my eye - both involving transportation and development.
The first is the absurd one, entitled Gridlock warnings urged for condo buyers. It appears that North York Community Council voted yesterday in favour of posting signs up near new condo sites to warn potential condo buyers not to purchase there if they want to leave their homes...
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An Alternative Planning Process for Toronto
Source: Joshua Sherurcij
Fixing Toronto’s “broken” and “dysfunctional” planning process was the subject of a panel discussion yesterday at the Munk Centre at the University of Toronto, hosted by the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance (link). It was one of the more insightful and positive panel discussions I have attended lately and there are some good...