The Toronto Star

Toronto has been planning on redeveloping its waterfront for years, but the process is slow-moving. Across the world, a similar physical layout in Stockholm is boasting quick planning and successful implementation.

Governments concerned about sound urban planning need to pay more attention to the role played by anchor public institutions, such as public libraries, in invigorating local economies, writes urban strategist and former Winnipeg Mayor Glen Murray.

Entrepreneurs and transit agencies are trying to help riders cope with their fears of germs on trains and buses.

The city's suburban express-bus network has attracted attention from transit administrators from the U.S. due to its high-tech and rider-friendly service.

The City of Toronto lacks a grand design, and needs to "think big" if it wants to fulfill its promise, argues a recent column in the Toronto Star.

Singapore and Vancouver are two examples of cities where high-rise residential development is the norm.

Toronto is modifying its subway cars to improve safety in this age of terrorist bombings, while one expert says the change will only create an illusion of safety.

Universities and colleges have the potential to drive massive urban change but are failing to address global challenges like climate change, according to a new study by researchers at the POLIS Project at the University of Victoria.

In the context of the World Urban Forum, a Canadian columnist says that the "higher education industry" could be the most important industry in the world, and could have a dramatic impact on the relationships between cities worldwide.

Because of the methods used to build them, modern suburbs will not have tall trees anytime soon, as described in this article focusing on Toronto.

Small efforts, rather than grand gestures, can help a community improve the city in tiny increments.

Most people think of nature and cities as separate. According to a new Urban and natural environments are not necessarily conflicting notions but must be integrated at many different scales, for sustainable, healthy settlements to occur.

The revered writer, activist, and intellectual urban pundit, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, has died at the age of 89.

It might have required a jolt from an audit of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation, but there is increasing evidence that plans to spruce up the area are working.

Toronto and Montreal have both experienced rebuilding booms -- but Montreal is the city to watch in the future says Christopher Hume.

Nimbyism is gaining quite a following in Toronto -- leaving some detractors to worry that the movement is strangling all growth in the area.

The downtown living trend can only work as long as the jobs remain in the city.

Many regulations that are well-meaning end up frustrating the ability of planners to build an interesting engaging city, writes Christopher Hume.

Despite a Pedestrian Charter, the Canadian city is decidedly unfriendly towards those on foot.

The lack of grocery stores is making access to healthy food almost impossible for residents in many neighborhoods.