Category Archives: pedestrians

Time lapse

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Padraic

Check out Spacing Toronto‘s time lapse video of the pedestrian scramble crossing at Yonge & Dundas (which I wrote about previously): http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1626058&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 [Scramble from Sam Javanrouh on Vimeo.] Elsewhere in Toronto, John Barber writes in the Globe about a bike … Continue reading →

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Another Google update

Posted on August 1, 2008 by Padraic

There is good news for Google Maps users like myself – those tired of its “Get Directions” feature being primarily designed for cars, making you respect one-way streets and incorporating speed limits into the calculations: Google has announced it will … Continue reading →

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Don't fear the diagonal

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Padraic

As Toronto prepares to try out a pedestrian scramble crossing at Yonge & Dundas (traffic lights that stop all car traffic and let pedestrians cross diagonally, instead of letting pedestrains cross with alternating traffic direciotns), Torontoist recalls a similiar (and … Continue reading →

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