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November 20, 2019
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Better Transit through On-Demand Tech?

By Ryerson CBI | Transportation/Transit

Private transportation companies (PTCs) like Uber and Lyft offer convenient options to move around cities. But as these services have grown more popular, they’ve led to significant changes to individual…

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November 8, 2019
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Urban Public Space that Toronto Can Be Proud Of

By Ryerson CBI | Public Realm

The redesign of downtown Yonge Street has been years in the making, and now, a new vision for a people-first Yonge Street is really taking shape with the release of…

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October 29, 2019
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Regulate Ride Hailing to Match City’s Goals: Yemi Adediji

By Ryerson CBI | RU City Builders, Transportation/Transit

Yemi Adediji is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow of the Urban Analytics Institute at Ryerson University. An expert in collecting and interpreting “big data,” she leads research initiatives that seek to…

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October 2, 2019
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Small-Town Transit Levels Up with Bus-Hailing App

By Ryerson CBI | Ryerson, Transportation/Transit

If public transit agencies, which deliver an essential service, can modernize their services using technology, they stand a chance of competing with automobiles and car-based ride-hailing services that Ryerson researchers…

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September 26, 2019
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Dec 3: Ride-hailing and on-demand transit event “Taken for a Ride”

By Ryerson CBI | CBI Events, Transportation/Transit
Our Urban Innovation Café event series showcases the city-building insights of academics, thought leaders and practitioners. We’re pleased to announce the third event in this popular series of morning talks:...
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August 13, 2019
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Improving Surface Transit in Toronto: Expert Hacks

By Ryerson CBI | CBI Events, Transportation/Transit

On July 30, we hosted the second in our Urban Innovation Café event series, “Hacking Surface Transit in Toronto.” Over 140 people attended to hear our panelists answer the question,…

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August 6, 2019
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Op-Ed: Is Lot Splitting a Good Way to Increase Density? Yes.

By Ryerson CBI | Housing, Op-Ed

This op-ed appeared in the Toronto Star on August 6, 2019. By Cherise Burda. Toronto is facing a housing affordability crisis, and single-detached neighbourhoods are, unfortunately, growing increasingly exclusive. Meanwhile,…

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July 23, 2019
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What surface transit route would you change, and why?

By Ryerson CBI | Transportation/Transit

In advance of our event on July 30, Hacking Surface Transit in Toronto, we asked our panelists to comment on which surface transit route in the city they would pick…

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July 2, 2019
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Ontario Place: How about an integrated park district?

By Ryerson CBI | City Building, Public Realm

Accomplished city builder, CBI co-founder and author Ken Greenberg is a member of volunteer-run Ontario Place for All, an advocacy group fighting for the preservation of Ontario Place as a…

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June 26, 2019
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A holistic approach to road safety: TO’s latest active transportation plans

By Ryerson CBI | Transportation/Transit

Tomorrow, the City’s Infrastructure and Environment Committee is set to consider staff-recommended updates to Toronto’s Ten Year Cycling Network Plan and Vision Zero Road Safety Plan, both of which are…

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