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Jun. 24, 2015 / Gordon Price

Ohrn Words: Myth-busting ped collisions in Toronto

From Ken Ohrn: REID: Busting some myths about pedestrian collisions – Spacing Toronto . Toronto Public Health published a report…
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Jun. 19, 2015 / Gordon Price

Morning Thought: A Lesson from Toronto

Here’s a tweet from reporter Don Peat during the debate over the removal (or not) of the Gardiner Expressway along…
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Jun. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

“Three minutes that rule the world” – What happens when traffic capacity is reduced

PT hasn’t covered the debate over Toronto’s Gardiner East Expressway, given the amount published elsewhere. But this piece by Auckland’s…
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Jun. 01, 2015 / Gordon Price

Extraordinary Statistics: Comparative Densities

From “Highrise Nation” by Katrerina Cizek, in the Globe and Mail: When Canadians think “highrise nation,” we tend to look…
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Apr. 15, 2015 / Gordon Price

Transformation of the Toronto waterfront

Lawrence Loh sends some good news from the Toronto waterfront: “Check out this new video on what Toronto’s formerly terrible…
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Apr. 13, 2015 / Gordon Price

Sorry about that, Toronto

Chief Planner of the City of Toronto Jennifer Keesmaat has had just about enough of #Vancouverflaunt: @jen_keesmaat: Vancouver and her…
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Mar. 17, 2015 / Gordon Price

Stereotypes and Cycling in Toronto

From blogTO: New poster from Sly Eye: It’s baskets for the Beaches, Bike Share for the downtown, a battered commuter for…
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Mar. 12, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Vancouverism in Toronto

Chris Hume in the Toronto Star: . Proposal for Honest Ed site a deal we can’t refuse . A development…
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Jan. 29, 2015 / Gordon Price

CBC Video: “Do our cities still work?”

Here’s the National’s story: “Do our cities still work?”  . . Interviews with Brent Toderian and Charles Montgomery, among others,…
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Jan. 09, 2015 / Gordon Price

Is Toronto’s amalgamation working?

Lawrence Loh is back east again after a stint as a Medical Health Officer at Fraser Health Authority, now at Public…
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Jan. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

Toronto Skyline Porn

That’s what photographer Ryan Emond calls this “full frontal visual journey through Toronto’s growing skyline. The scenes were shot over…
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Nov. 26, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Straight and Narrower: Lanes widths in Toronto

Last month, Walkable City author Jeff Speck posted a widely read piece in CityLab: Why 12-Foot Traffic Lanes Are Disastrous…
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Sep. 24, 2014 / Gordon Price

Prohibitive Luxury: The Cost of a Car in Toronto

Reporter Mike Lloyd at News1130 passed along this blog post from Jason Tang in TO: Cost of Car Ownership Living…
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Sep. 09, 2014 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: The best thing that could happen to Toronto

Speaking of towers, below, Durning found this in the Toronto Star:  . Manhattanization could be the best thing ever for…

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