Posts Tagged ‘ urban decay ’

The Logic of LRT’s vs. Ford’s Subway

A few points of basic logic to consider when comparing Toronto Tranist City's Sheppard East LRT vs. the Ford Subway line[ READ MORE ]

A Day of Firsts for Ford

Today's events should be a telling reminder of what we can look forward to during at least one term of reactionary, pandering, and short-sighted politics here in Toronto, and the backlash driven political desires of it's dispossessed suburbs[ READ MORE ]

Reflecting on our Roads

An insight into a fascinating, widely used, yet generally unknown basic material called Titanium Oxide which is only now beginning to gain greater public notoriety as it starts being used in even more astounding and futuristic technologies! [ READ MORE ]

Protesters vs. Police PR

At Toronto's G20 Summit, police repeatedly demonstrated overzealous reactions, but incredulously also allowed a minority of thugs and hooligans to create isolated spectacles for the largely impotent mainstream media coverage to spin into justification for more oppressive brutality. This now appears to be another classic case of propaganda methods playing themselves out again and again[ READ MORE ]

Confessions of an Urban Cyclist

Here's how I stopped worrying, and learned to love Traffic ! ! ![ READ MORE ]

Collaborative Bike Routes

Using the collective power of the Net to map out urban routes for Cyclists reminds me of being a kid when you could share "secret routes" or exciting destinations with extended circles of friends...and it inspires me to consider the greater value of socialised riding, and collective route-mapping today At the very least we can consider how map-makers used to build upon each others work until the whole world opened up to safe travel![ READ MORE ]

Bike-Lane Boondoggles

The reason we're starting with Bikelanes, is because it seems as though certain "traffic" issues in Toronto are coming full circle again. First we had Bikers vs. Pedestrians (thanks mostly to thoughtless side-walk riders who give all good Cyclists a black-eye), then it became Bikers vs. Cars (R.I.P. Darcy), then it was Pedestrians vs. Cars (with a horrible run of Pedestrian deaths last month), and now with the fracas on Jarvis Street, and pandering politics from people like Rocco Rossi, it seems that we're getting back to Bikers vs. Cars again[ READ MORE ]

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