Toronto

Planning has become too much like a court case, with two sides and one winner. According to columnist Christopher Hume, this adversarial nature must be changed.

A transportation official in Toronto is hoping to convince colleagues that the system should allow advertisers to buy naming rights for transit stops in the city as a way of increasing revenue, but many remain opposed.

The German city of Bremen has lessons to teach North American cities about sustainable transportation, according to this article from The Toronto Star.

Short on funding, Toronto's waterfront parks agency is considering a plan to sell the naming rights to the park's amenities, allowing corporate sponsors to add their name to such public features as walkways and play areas.

By requiring a minimum height of at least two stories, cities could force big boxes to redesign their buildings into more urban friendly forms.

Critic Christopher Hume bemoans the destruction of historic homes in Toronto to make way for new residential condo towers.

After a recent shooting death in Toronto, one writer lays the blame for urban violence on city planners.

Poor planning is allowing uncontrolled and rapid gentrification to destroy Toronto's Liberty Village neighborhood, according to this article from The Toronto Star.

Officials in Toronto have announced plans to densify the city's waterfront with a redevelopment effort that stands to create high rises along the lakefront.

Suburban Torontonians will get a $6 billion light rail service, thanks to a newly-announced extension funded by the provincial and federal governments.