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America’s Best Bus Stops Round 1: Bus Stop Behemoths
As we begin our quest to find America's best bus stop, we thought we'd bend the rules just a bit and take a look at bus stations — some of which serve a few other types of transit, too.
March 20, 2022
Four Lessons for 14th Street From Toronto’s Transit-First King Street
The city is undertaking an experiment by creating a transit and truck priority route on 14th Street — based on a successful version in Toronto. But has New York's Department of Transportation completely followed the lesson plan of Toronto's King Street — or just selected a few items off the a la carte menu?
April 29, 2019
Toronto Cleared Cars Off Its Biggest Transit Street, and Ridership Soared Almost Overnight
It's been just a few short months since Toronto cleared most of the car traffic off King Street, giving the city's busiest streetcar route an unimpeded path. But already, the impact of the project is clearly transformative.
January 12, 2018
How Toronto Put Transit Riders First on King Street
By deflecting private car traffic away from King Street, Toronto opened up new possibilities for faster, safer transit design.
December 5, 2017
Toronto Neighbors Calm Street Using Only Leaves and Chalk
You’ve heard of the sneckdown — now meet the "leafdown."
December 1, 2017
Toronto Shows How Easy It Is to Speed Up Surface Transit
Toronto is trying out new rules along 1.6 miles of King Street, with strict limits on motor vehicle access. Now that it's no longer a through-route for cars, transit trips are a lot faster.
November 17, 2017
Toronto Has a Plan to Clear the Way for Streetcars Stuck in Traffic
Toronto's busiest surface transit route could get a big upgrade as part of a year-long pilot project -- if it clears the Toronto City Council this summer.
May 15, 2017
Toronto’s Simple Measure to Cut Traffic and Improve Transit: Toll Highways
American elected officials are notoriously skittish about turning freeways into toll roads, but in Canada's biggest city the political stars are aligning to put a price on two major highways.
December 9, 2016
19’s Plenty: Toronto Drops Speed Limit to 19 MPH on Residential Streets
"There is no war on the car,” said Toronto City Councillor Paula Fletcher. “There’s basically been this continued war on people who don’t have a car.”
July 2, 2015
Toronto City Council Blows Its Chance to Transform Downtown
Tearing down Toronto's Gardiner East Expressway would remove a hulking blight from downtown, improve access to the waterfront, open up land for walkable development, and save hundreds of millions of dollars compared to rebuilding the highway.
June 12, 2015