ArchiveSeptember 2017

Bike lanes along Woodbine Avenue in the east end of Toronto. Woodbine Avenue’s new protected bike lanes are just a few weeks old and already opponents are playing the same old hits. A petition started by Woodbine area residents calling for Mayor John Tory to remove the lanes outlines the same set of tired objections I always hear about new bike infrastructure. Their list of reasons to remove the...

Showing support for new bike lanes on Bloor and pushing for lanes on the Danforth are among the issues John Tory can take on to woo downtown voters. Now that Doug Ford has announced he will once again challenge John Tory in next year’s mayoral election it seems a good time to remind the mayor of a little electoral math. Because the math tells us something really important about the 2018 race: it...

Parks on Tap has been bringing craft brews to city green spaces since 2016 in Philadelphia, Pa. It's the basis for a program being pitched for Toronto parks. On a Saturday in June, I drank a beer on Queen Street West. It was one of the first scorcher days of the summer. The sidewalks were packed. The sun was unrelenting. And then, as if by magic, my girlfriend and I came across a couple of...