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Articles by Rob Mackenzie

From Pharmacy to Jarvis

By Rob Mackenzie | July 8th, 2011
Why suburban bike lanes, like those in Scarborough, are as important as those downtown that get all the attention.Read More

More Traffic Please!

By Rob Mackenzie | July 8th, 2011
Residents usually complain when they want to limit the amount of cars travelling through their neighbourhood. So why do Pharmacy Ave. residents want to get rid of the bike lanes?Read More

Dollars to Donuts

By Rob Mackenzie | July 7th, 2011
Despite residents' opposition, the TTC yesterday approved a plan to build streetcar tracks along Leslie St.Read More

Bikes and the Bends

By Rob Mackenzie | June 30th, 2011
Toronto's Public Works Committee bent itself over double last week trying to make sure it avoided any hint of consistency and logic when it decided to remove bike lanes.Read More

Toronto's New Graffiti Policy

By Rob Mackenzie | June 30th, 2011
In those rare instances when everyone at City Hall appears to agree with one another...Read More

A Zero Sum

By Rob Mackenzie | June 21st, 2011
He boasts plenty about his frugality, but we have no way of knowing how frugal (or transparent) Mayor Ford actually is.Read More

Selling Stock

By Rob Mackenzie | June 17th, 2011
Council decided this week to go ahead with the sale 22 homes to help pay for a backlog of repairs to city owned social housing. Expect the debates over the city's obligations to get even rougher in the coming months.Read More

Sharing the Road

By Rob Mackenzie | June 8th, 2011
Councillor Ford is kicking up dust again about weekend road closures for special events.Read More

Bunfight at the Waterfront

By Rob Mackenzie | June 7th, 2011
There'll be little joy to be had watching the upcoming scrap between the TTC and Waterfront Toronto over replacing the Queens Quay streetcar tracks.Read More
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