Emerging Trends Report: Urbanization is the 'New Normal'
"The surge in city living over suburban living is no longer an 'emerging trend' but 'the new normal' as millennials — and a growing number of their parents — transform downtown cores across much of...
View ArticleReport Assesses Expressway Removal Options for the Toronto Waterfront
David Rider reports on the recently released environmental assessment (EA) released by Waterfront Toronto, a public organization tasked with revitalizing Toronto waterfront, that recommends removing...
View ArticleCosts Soar for the Suburban Lifestyle in the Toronto Area
"Builders and real estate experts from both the new and resale home sectors are banding together to warn consumers - and politicians - they are worried about the skyrocketing costs of housing," reports...
View ArticleNew Ten-Year Bike Plan Proposed in Toronto
Ben Spurr reports on Toronto's new ten-year bike plan, released in a city report earlier this month. The plan "identifies 525 km of new bike lanes, cycle tracks, trails and other routes that, if built,...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Highway Tolling Can Have Multiple Benefits
The Toronto Star published an editorial that takes a pair of political stances with regard to the implementation of highway tolls: yes, the tax is regressive, placing more burden on low-income...
View ArticleHow Toronto's Chief Planner Prepared Her Children to Walk Alone to School
"Toronto's chief planner, Jennifer Keesmaat, says her daughter Alexandra, now 14, started walking to school on her own at age 9."Publication Date: Sun, 08/28/2016
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Budget Cuts to Hit Toronto's Planners Despite City's Continued Growth
The City of Toronto is asking all its departments to cut their budgets by 2.6 percent. For a planning department that's dealing with rapid growth and a deluge of applications, it's hard to know what to...
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Cost, Ridership Projections Headed the Wrong Direction for Toronto's...
"The cost to build a one-stop subway extension in Scarborough has climbed to at least $3.35 billion as the estimate of new people expected to be drawn to the line has fallen," report Jennifer Pagliaro...
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Ontario 'Fair Housing Plan' Proposed to Curb Skyrocketing Housing Costs
"[Ontario] Premier Kathleen Wynne is slapping a 15 per cent 'non-resident speculation' tax on foreign investors to help cool down southern Ontario’s scorching real estate market," reports Robert...
View ArticleDensity Drives an Increase in Transit Usage in Toronto
The proposition of commuters in Toronto driving alone to work has declined 7 percent in the past decade, according to new census figures. Those walking, biking, or using public transit have...
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Toronto Extends its Subway for the First Time in 15 Years
The Line 1 extension of the Toronto extension opened to the public on Sunday, December 17, connecting Toronto the city of Vaughan along 8.6 kilometers of new subway line.Publication Date: Sun, 12/17/2017
View ArticleSidewalk Labs Opens House for its Toronto 'Smart City' Project
Nicholas Keung provides on-the-scene reporting from 307, the new office and workshop space of Sidewalk Toronto, where the project team recently hosted on opPublication Date: Sun, 06/17/2018
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A Famous Former Planning Director and the 'War on Cars'
Former Toronto Planning Director Jennifer Keesmaat has been blasting Toronto's approach to traffic safety through a variety of media channels, provoking some backlash.Publication Date: Wed, 06/13/2018
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Toronto Mayoral Candidate Suggests Repurposing City Golf Courses
"Mayoral candidate and former Toronto chief planner Jennifer Keesmaat announced a new proposal to convert three city-owned golf courses into publicly-accessible spaces intended to be open year-round,"...
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Op-Ed: What Can Be Done About Toronto's Drabness?
"Why must we put up with a city that is, let's face it, pretty darn ugly?" asks The Toronto Star's Editorial Board. "Especially at this time of year, when the darkness closes in and we collectively...
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