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transportation

Illustration by Michael Byers
Feature / July/August 2016

Stuck

July 20, 2016April 1, 2020 - by Don Gillmor

Traffic is ruining our lives—but we can be saved

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Illustrations by Hudson Christie
Cities / June 2016

Pricing the Open Road

May 16, 2016March 31, 2020 - by Dale Beugin

Want a shorter commute? Pay up

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Photograph by Ryan
Cities

Fare Share

December 11, 2015January 2, 2020 - by Jonathan Kay

Uber is depriving taxi drivers of their livelihoods. Why are so many of us applauding?

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Illustration by Michael Byers
Feature / September 2015

Uber vs Taxi

September 24, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Jonathan Kay

Ride-sharing apps like Uber are revolutionizing the way we travel and cabs are struggling to keep up

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Photography by Al Fed
Cities

Driver’s Ed

August 26, 2015June 19, 2020 - by John Lorinc

How taxis and Uber can coexist

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Illustration by Mügluck
September 2015 / World

Charter Flight

August 25, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Hattie Klotz

Babysitting the Magna Carta

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Photograph by Kyle Carsten Wyatt
Cities / World

Line in the Sand

August 12, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Kyle Carsten Wyatt

Hundreds of journalists, thousands of honoured guests, and one man’s bombast

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Cities

Fare Vote

July 9, 2015February 18, 2022 - by Tyee Bridge

What can we learn from Vancouver’s transit referendum?

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Photograph by Tyler Anderson/National Post
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How I Roll

May 1, 2015June 19, 2020 - by Jonathan Kay

Our editor-in-chief calls out society’s prejudices against ebike riders—beginning with his own colleagues

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Illustration of gravel and asphalt
April 2015 / Cities

Asphalt Nerds

March 19, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Michael Hingston

The alchemy of pavement in Canada’s pothole capital

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