Toronto
Budget Cuts to Hit Toronto's Planners Despite City's Continued Growth
Many in Toronto's planning department voiced concerns about proposed cuts to the budget, in part because of the growing number of applications they're receiving.
Friday Eye Candy: Take a Virtual Reality Tour of Toronto's Underpass Park
The ASLA has rightfully identified virtual reality as a powerful promotional tool for the field of landscape architecture. Soon, we'll all be ditching plan views and offering virtual tours of proposed and completed projects.
Toronto's Population Boom Turning Into a Hospital Shortage
Downtown Toronto has grown and its hospitals are struggling to keep up with growing demand for their services.
Lessons in Transit Fares from Toronto's UP Express
Faced with the underwhelming performance of the newly opened UP Express, Toronto transit officials did something drastic: they slashed the cost of a ride.
Another Transit Lesson for New York (and Other Cities) from Toronto
Just as Toronto's subway cars provide an example of the benefits that await New Yorkers when their new 'open gangway' cars arrive in 2020, Toronto's extensive streetcar network also provides an example for New York — of what not to do.
How Toronto's Chief Planner Prepared Her Children to Walk Alone to School
Toronto Chef Planner Jennifer Keesmaat describes how she prepared her children for an old-fashioned commute to and from school.
Redevelopment Plans and Gentrification Concerns for Toronto's Moss Park
Urban renewal of the 1960s built large amounts of public housing in the formerly industrial neighborhood of Moss Park in Toronto. Now, the neighborhood and its eponymous park have become home to some of the most impoverished people in the city.
Toronto Commuters Like Their Open Gangway Subway Trains
The New York Times transit reporter, Emma G. Fitzsimmons, reports from Toronto to see what riders think about their 'open gangway' subway cars. By 2020, New York will receive 750 of these cars that have no doors separating the cars.
Planetizen Week in Review: August 8, 2016
It only takes two minutes to catch up on the biggest news stories of the week.
Toronto Wants a Deck Park to Span Downtown Rail Tracks
The Rail Deck Park could end up being known forever as the #RailDeckPark the way the social media buzz built for this splashy project proposal this week.
Urban Taxidermy: When Authenticity and Artificiality Collide
A new breed of preservation has sprung up in Toronto, where existing structures are partially preserved to give new building's old facades. But is this attempt to preserve the existing streetscape actually succeeding?
Toronto Transit Plans Take First Step Forward
The first phase of Toronto's 15-tear transit plan took a crucial step forward this week.
Toronto Is the Future
As part of "Guardian Canada" week, an author writes a paean to benefits of a growing, forward looking, diverse city.
Debate: Why Did Trams Die in the 20th Century?
A Toronto professor pushes against Christian Wolmar's assertion that the tram's demise can be connected to anti-worker policy. For one thing, trams never went away in some cities.
Ontario, Canada Working on Sprawl-Killing Legislation
It's hard to imagine a policy that so comprehensively acts to create disincentives for sprawl gaining political traction anywhere in the United States.
New Ten-Year Bike Plan Proposed in Toronto
Toronto planners have proposed a new ten-year bike plan that focuses on connecting and improving the city's current network of bike infrastructure.
Meet the Avatars Helping to Plan Toronto's Downtown
Introducing a group of 16 avatars meant to represent the people who live, work, and play in downtown Toronto.
A Special Place for Ugly Buildings
A paradoxical encomium of sorts for the benefits of ugly buildings to the experience of cities.
Friday Funny: The Urban Life of Ducks and Raccoons
A pair of very different stories offers insight into the urban lives of animals.
How to Rethink the Suburbs: A Lesson From Toronto
A new zoning law in Toronto could enable its hundreds of suburban tower developments to become vibrant and active communities.
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This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.
Planning for Universal Design
Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.
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