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Signals for Change: Ideas from the Dutch for Improving Traffic Lights

Dutch traffic signals are more efficient and safe for all road users than their Canadian and US counterparts. We have … More

engineering, Safety, traffic, traffic engineering, transportation, urban planning

The Park-and-Ride is Dead

Now is the time to repurpose these public assets to save transit ridership and improve the well-being of our communities.

Cities, housing, public transit, sustainability, Toronto, transportation, urban planning

Reimagining Streets: Gladstone Ave

Redesigning streets to better support safe, comfortable walking and cycling is not hard, and often the tools needed already exist at the local level. It just requires a little bit of imagination!

cycling, design, engineering, Safety, transportation, urban planning, walking

Watch Out for These 3 Examples of Pro-Car Rhetoric

The “war on the car”, a phrase popularized by former Toronto mayor Rob Ford, is an infamous example of the … More

driving, privilege, Public Transportation, Safety, transportation, vision zero

Using Big Data to Improve Public Transit

Recent technology innovations are enabling transit agencies to collect customer data and intelligence like never before.

analytics, Big Data, innovation, public transit, transportation

Time to go all-in on Hamilton LRT

The project will deliver a wealth of benefits to Hamilton, but if we take a lukewarm approach to implementing it, the outcomes of this billion-dollar investment will be less than ideal.

design, Hamilton, politics, sustainability, Transit

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