ActiveTO is the City of Toronto’s new plan to provide space on streets to help residents get outside and get around safely while respecting physical distancing, as part of the…
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The reactions to the closing of the General Motors plant in Oshawa speak volumes. Leader of the Conservative Party Andrew Scheer absurdly tried to place the blame on carbon pricing–as…
Now that Toronto's election is over, it's time to focus on the agenda facing councillors across the city. Road safety and transit were key election issues--how will Council now take...
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This op-ed appeared on Toronto Storeys on October 1, 2018 By Cherise Burda The date of Toronto’s municipal election is now hurtling towards us. Unfortunately, Bill 5 eclipsed an important…
Last June, the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) launched a campaign, #BuildTheVisionTO, to promote 15 municipal election priorities and a guidebook to building safe streets for people of all...
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In Toronto, one person is hit by a car every 3.5 hours. The pressure is mounting on decision makers to address our obvious road safety crisis. We quickly put together...
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Raktim Mitra is an Associate Professor within the Ryerson University School of Urban and Regional Planning, and co-director of TransForm Lab, a hub for policy-relevant transportation research. Through his work,…
When thinking about road safety, epidemiology might not immediately spring to mind. But Anne Harris, a researcher at Ryerson, looks at road safety from a public health perspective, adding to…