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Not like us? A Toronto transit advocate says value of Red Line Extension is dubious. A South Side worker argues they missed the point.
Let's discuss the latest dispute between someone from Toronto, and an American who has many things in common with them.
March 11, 2025
How can we make sustainable transportation more fun?
If we want more people to ride buses and bikes, we've got to help make the experience not only safe and efficient, but enjoyable.
January 24, 2020
Why Toronto Should Follow Chicago’s Lead and Tax Ride-Share to Fund Transit
Toronto is considering passing a fee on Uber and Lyft to fund the TTC. John appeared on Toronto public radio this morning to explain why Chicago passed such a tax.
January 29, 2018
How Toronto Put Transit Riders First on King Street
By deflecting private car traffic away from King Street, Toronto opened up new possibilities for faster, safer transit design.
December 5, 2017
Toronto Neighbors Calm Street Using Only Leaves and Chalk
The "leafy neckdown" revealed 2,000 square feet of excess asphalt.
December 1, 2017
Toronto Shows How Easy It Is to Speed Up Surface Transit
It only cost Toronto $1.5 million to clear cars off King Street and dramatically sped up streetcar trips for tens of thousands of people.
November 17, 2017
Toronto Has a Plan to Clear the Way for Streetcars Stuck in Traffic
Toronto's busiest surface transit route could get a big upgrade as part of a year-long pilot project -- if it clears the Toronto City Council this summer, where suburban interests have a history of rejecting transit initiatives.
May 15, 2017
Two Very Different Ways Bike-Share Benefits Transit
A new survey [PDF] by researchers at UC Berkeley and published in Access Magazine sheds light on how bike-share systems interact with transit.
December 9, 2015
19’s Plenty: Toronto Drops Speed Limit to 19 MPH on Residential Streets
"There is no war on the car,” said Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher. “There’s basically been this continued war on people who don’t have a car.”
July 2, 2015
Toronto City Council Blows Its Chance to Transform Downtown
Tearing down Toronto's Gardiner East Expressway would remove a hulking blight from downtown, improve access to the waterfront, open up land for walkable development, and save hundreds of millions of dollars compared to rebuilding the highway.
June 12, 2015