Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'pedestrianism'
August 29, 2008
It's so beautiful it doesn't even look like Toronto. Not that Toronto can't be beautiful, but there's a certain otherworldliness to these images. This is something we see in other cities, not here. Presuming that the pedestrian priority crossing is made permanent and expanded to other intersections in a meaningful way, this is one of the most concrete examples of Toronto turning into something else. What that something else is isn't clear, but it's......
Continue Reading "Anarchy in the T.O."March 26, 2008
Last week, undergraduate students at UTSC (University of Toronto Scarborough) rejected the U-Pass by a stunning margin, with full-time students voting against it 1674 to 622, and part-time students spurning it 53 to 16. Minus the abstentions and spoiled ballots, that worked out to 73% No for for full-timers and 77% No for part-timers. When last we wrote about the proposed offer—a compulsory $60-a-month transit pass for all students, with no potential to opt......
Continue Reading "U-Passion of the Bikes"