In this edition of Spacing Radio, we're talking about public transit announcements. Matthew Kupfer started the VoxTranspo project to collect stories about Canada’s transit soundscape, focused on the stop announcement. The crowd-sourced, nationwide project aims to collect all kinds of stories — from small, personal anecdotes to those concerning larger issues like planning and accessibility. In this podcast, Matthew shares the first stories and sounds he's collected — from Ottawa, Toronto and Edmonton. Have a story or recording to share? E-mail: matthew-dot-kupfer-at-gmail-dot-com. Links from Spacing Shorts 003: VoxTranspo

While some parks are jam-packed with kids, dog walkers and seniors practicing Tai Chi, others are deserted and neglected. Producer Mieke Anderson speaks to David Harvey about his recent study on improving parks. Also, Spacing Ottawa's Evan Thornton discusses his city's plans to turn back the clock to a time when car was king. And reporter Andrew Walsh addresses the pros and cons of the public bike network, BIXI, with Spacing Montreal's Alanah Heffez. Links to stuff from Spacing Radio 026: The Metcalf Foundation report, Fertile Ground for New Thinking: Improving ...

Spacing Radio is back for Season Four and we’re jumping right into Toronto’s election debate! This election has been zany, to say the least. We go to Toronto Star columnist Christopher Hume for his take on why candidates have strayed so far off topic. And leading up to voting day, reporter Daniel Guillemette is on the campaign trail looking at how the front-runners are using our public spaces. Also in this episode, all the election talk about the so-called "war on the car" got producer Mieke Anderson thinking about the traffic lights ...

Many people agree that Toronto's John Street corridor has the potential to be a great "connecting spine" for the area. How best to go about achieving this is now up for debate as the City and Entertainment District BIA prepare to supposedly transform the district with their Master Plan. Spacing's senior editor, Dylan Reid, recently weighed in on the discussion. From Reid's perspective, the City would be shying away from truly transforming the strip by not opting to turn it into a shared street where cars, bikes and pedestrians share the ...

Spacing Radio reporter Monika Warzecha sat down recently with writers Richard Gilbert and Anthony Perl. The second edition of Gilbert and Perl’s book, Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight without Oil, itemizes five major changes in transportation that have altered its course and development. And the rate of change is about to increase rapidly. “We feel that environment and energy considerations are leading us to a threshold where change will again be concentrated,” Perl told Spacing. “That’s why we need to refamiliarize ourselves with transport revolutions.” Links to stuff from Spacing Radio's Summer Shorts 009: website about the ...