Cars: Issue Brief
When something is as integral to our lives as cars are, their normality tends to conceal their impact, and how, in reality, they aren’t normal at all. And to the extent this cover obscures that impact, it is difficult both to understand their outsized role, and to imagine a world in which that role is far less.
Getting To Know Us: Protecting the Environment
The environmental benefits of smarter planning are considerable, and can form a key plank in addressing climate change and ensuring healthy communities for all.
Research: Air Quality Impacts of the Bradford Bypass
It is increasingly clear that policies that promote increased vehicle traffic should be seen as a last resort, and implemented only where no other options are possible.
Letter to the Editor: Province hasn’t been upfront on Bradford Bypass
Freedom of Information requests obtained by the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition show that the province is not being upfront regarding the Bradford Bypass.
Province Rushing Bradford Bypass
Highways are the gateway drug for sprawl and the Bypass is a perfect example. Developers own over 3000 acres of land around this highway waiting for the greenlight to destroy more farmland and wetlands.
Bradford Bypass
The provincial government is proposing a highway that would connect the 404 with the 400. The proposed route passes along the northern edge of Bradford, and through portions of the Holland Marsh.
Ontario’s new highways, with guest Laura Bowman of Ecojustice
On this episode of the Tree Planters Podcast we talk with Laura Bowman, of Ecojustice, about the province’s plans to build new highways in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
