Public approval of density
My generation, which represents one-quarter of Ontario’s population and 70% of inner Toronto’s population growth since 2006, is finally making...
My generation, which represents one-quarter of Ontario’s population and 70% of inner Toronto’s population growth since 2006, is finally making...
In an earlier post, I described an informal exchange between the transportation planning researchers at the Universities of Amsterdam and...
Researchers are often accused of working in “ivory towers” separated from the real world. Perhaps planning suffers less from this...
After a special council meeting that lasted all day, Toronto City Council voted yesterday to restore proposed LRT lines to...
“Rumours of the death of Transit City have been greatly exaggerated.” –Toronto Councillor Joe Mihevc, former vice-chair of the TTC...
Talk about timing. A few weeks ago, in time for provincial elections in Ontario, Manitoba, PEI, and Newfoundland and Labrador,...
In an article in today’s Vancouver Sun (“Seven mayors weigh in–The case for funding public transit”, October 4, 2011), seven regional...
Since I finished my Ph.D. this month, today was officially my last day to use my U-Pass, and a sad...
Ah, the postwar era. So much blind optimism…so many planning mistakes. Back in the 1960s when highway building was de...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was elected last fall on a promise to “trim the fat from City Hall”. Easier said...