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Information and observations about walking issues in Toronto, from Walk Toronto (http://walktoronto.ca). #walkTO. Tweets by @dylan_reid
6 tips for walking in Toronto, from @shawnmicallef in the @TorontoStar thestar.com/opinion/contri…
Five days, 65 km, 86,000 steps — and one restless city: I walked all the way across Toronto. This is what I saw - by @thekeenanwire thestar.com/opinion/star-c… via @torontostar
"if you create an environment where the traffic situation is allowing and encouraging more children to walk, it’s that daily physical activity that is the biggest thing that the kids can do about their lifelong health.” thestar.com/news/gta/toron…
Walk Toronto submitted comments on this item, urging council to adopt the report's recommendations.
24 items left now. Still too many, but less so. Council returns to their snow-clearing debate from yesterday. I know it seems weird, but this will be very relevant when it is 40 degrees colder outside. secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik's motion to install an interim park at the location of the temporary St. Lawrence Market tent CARRIES via show of hands. secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
Councillor Fletcher's motion for a report on how to deal with issues caused by app-based delivery workers using e-bikes and e-scooters on sidewalks gets added to the agenda and CARRIES via show of hands. secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
A perpetual pain for pedestrians
Up now: The Auditor General investigated the city's process for issuing permits for utility cuts — like when Bell or Rogers dig up the street to install or replace cables. Problems were found. secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
"We cannot side with those people who are forever commenting that Toronto has got to do something with its congestion and traffic, and then stand up here and say: but don't change anything," says Carroll of the RapidTO plan.
Councillor Saxe is moving to fund a pedestrian crossing on Avenue Road to Ramsden Park at City Council, something the Avenue Road Safety Coalition has long sought secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
Walk Toronto wrote to the Executive Committee of City Council to support the recommendations of the Winter Maintenance Program Review, formed in the wake of the February snowstorms, including for a Major Snow Event Response Plan #walkTO walktoronto.ca/2025/07/22/wal…
New York City intersections see one-third fewer pedestrian injuries with longer head-start intervals phys.org/news/2025-07-y… via @physorg_com
Nine essential walking routes that reveal Toronto’s nature, history and soul - via @TorontoStar #walkTO thestar.com/interactives/t…
79 per cent agreed that "the City of Toronto needs to do more to protect vulnerable road users, "including people walking, senior citizens, school children and people who ride a bike." torontotoday.ca/local/transpor…
From New York’s Main Street to New York’s Greatest Driveway Before, the combined sidewalks were wider than the roadway. The city reversed that in 1909.