The “Hazel McCallion Line” might be just the first of many politically-motivated renamings of publicly-funded transit facilities.
Category: Infrastructure
On Townline Road on the south end of Orangeville, across the street from the old railway yard and station grounds, two plaques stand, telling the history of the doomed railway next to them. The first plaque, a faded provincial marker, commemorates the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway, which arrived in Orangeville in 1871 and completed […]
Earlier this year, I wrote about a major malfunction at a new Viva Rapidway station near Downtown Richmond Hill. The Major Mackenzie station on Yonge Street was built one block south of the busy east-west arterial road; passengers taking Viva buses were forced to walk from Major Mackenzie Drive south to the intersection of at […]
Despite Bloomington’s modern design and environmental features, it does not support contemporary demands for sustainable development or transportation.
Street lighting is an important, yet overlooked, part of any city’s standard infrastructure. For over seventy years, Toronto’s streets were lit with an elegant and increasingly unique streetlamp design. But modern standards and a desire for standardization will see this change, just as Toronto’s streetcars and street signs have. Toronto Hydro, which is responsible for […]
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Signs of recognition
New road signs and universal sidewalk snow clearance are big wins for pedestrians in Toronto.
With the expansion of parking at Bramalea GO, why is Metrolinx eager to add another parking lot in Downtown Brampton, especially with Ryerson’s downtown plans on hold?
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No exit? I’m walking here!
After I created a map showing where pedestrians can continue past a “no exit” sign in January, the City of Toronto is going to make changes for the better.
York Region’s latest bus rapid transit project has a major flaw at Major Mackenzie Drive in Richmond Hill
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Highway 401 revisited
In Woodstock, an unexpected tribute to Ontario artist Jack Chambers
Sean Marshall 