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St. Clair West's greatest success stories come from within the community

Michael O'Shaughnessy Wednesday, May 15, 2013
From old to new, St. Clair West is a neighbourhood in transition. While the right-of-way streetcar plan continues to divide the area, businesses are growing and the streets are becoming more beautiful. The common thread? The community itself. 

Finding our 'wild salmon' & measuring happiness

Paul Gallant Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Our Yonge Talks panel exploring the Toronto Community Foundation's new Vital Signs report led attendees to ideas about what could make our city a better place to live.

One track mind: Will artists come to love our new streetcars?

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, October 03, 2012
Just like the CN Tower and Maple Leaf Gardens, our current fleet of streetcars define the city. Will the sleek new ones become as iconic?

Where are Toronto's urban manners?

Paul Gallant Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Veteran planner and author Ken Greenberg suggests we're better at sharing each other's food than sharing each other's space. But we'll learn.

Cosmic Energy: Inspired by a dream, this driver's turned his taxi into an entertainment hotspot

Sarah B. Hood Wednesday, April 11, 2012
He used to be in the seafood business in Mumbai, but now Akber Batada brightens Toronto's streets with his over-the-top cab offerings.

How to build a successful citizen initiative: 2 tales from the front lines

Krishna Rau Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Passion and organizing skills are keys to getting policies changed or projects revised. But the efforts of Code Blue and the Clean Train Coalition also demonstrate that timing and connections make a major difference.

Getting out of gridlock: The scramble to save the scramble & other adventures in TO transportation

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, January 25, 2012
If Torontonians could only depoliticize the debate over transportation, we all might get further faster. Panelists at Yonge Street's Feet & Wheels event had more than a few ideas about how to improve the city's streets for everybody—and so did attendees.

Feet and wheels: Our Jan. 19 panel looks at how we can create streets that work for everyone

Yonge Street Staff Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Join Yonge Street on Thursday, Jan. 19, for a discussion on Toronto's transportation options. Our third public event will focus on how our streets can get everybody where they want to go, safely and harmoniously. Transportation advocate Nancy Smith Lea, National Post columnist Chris Selley and architect Chris Hardwicke lead the discussion. The Yonge Street Speaker Series is sponsored by the Toronto Community Foundation and Waterfront Toronto.

Sharing cars makes sharing the city a little easier

Bert Archer Wednesday, November 09, 2011
The growth of car-sharing services like Autoshare and Zipcar suggests it's ownership of vehicles, not access to them, that's the biggest contributor to Toronto's gridlock.

At the tipping point: How the next year is crucial to the rollout of electric vehicles

Paul Gallant Wednesday, September 28, 2011
As industry players gather in Toronto this week to talk about the national rollout of electric vehicles, the trickiest part of the equation is getting consumers to change their ideas about what's makes for a good ride. Mike Elwood, chair of Electric Mobility Canada, tells us about the road ahead.

Electrovaya: all charged up to start making electric car batteries in Mississauga

Paul Gallant Wednesday, April 27, 2011
A GTA-based battery manufacturer gets revved up to supply the new wave of electric cars about to hit the streets. With over 150 patents to their name, Electrovaya is poised to take a profitable role in not just e-car battery production, but lead the way with a zero emission, non-solvent and non-toxic manufacturing process.

A city beyond sprawl: Oakville applies new urbanism to old heritage

Paul Carlucci Wednesday, March 02, 2011
A town not known for its pro-pedestrian planning is redeveloping a historical site according to the principles of new urbanism. Oakville will be limiting car-related uses in Palermo Village, all the while trying to promote public transit and neighbourhood employment.

Glen Murray's Ministry of the Future leads Toronto & Ontario in a new direction

Bert Archer Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Yonge Street's Bert Archer recently sat down with Ontario's new Minister of Research and Innovation, Glen Murray, to talk about urbanism, sustainable transportation and technological and social innovation in and around Toronto.

The Art of Transit: the St. Clair streetcar stops are topped off by Toronto artists

Leah Sandals Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Along the new TTC St. Clair streetcar line, a public art project with 24 new works is providing both wayfinding tools for riders and moments of wonder for the neighbourhood residents along the way.

Finding a place to plug in: Electric car infrastructure in Ontario is growing

Paul Gallant Wednesday, December 15, 2010
As the big auto companies get ready to roll out their new electric vehicles, governments and other agencies in Toronto and Ontario are working to make it easy for drivers to go green with expanded e-car infrastructure projects and policies.
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