Dylan Reid

Toronto

Executive Editor at Spacing Magazine

City man: Toronto (Spacing magazine), walking (both action and policy), Renaissance urban history (CRRS).

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A city that prioritizes people, not just cars - Spacing Toronto

1 month ago | spacing.ca | Dylan Reid

A Vision for Pedestrian-Filled StreetsOn the last Sunday in April, thousands of people flooded downtown Toronto for the Khalsa Day parade, celebrating the Sikh New Year and the establishment of the Sikh community in 1699. Since beginning in 1986, Toronto’s Khalsa Day parade has grown into one of the city’s largest annual events, closing major streets like Lake Shore Boulevard, York Street, University Avenue, and Queen Street West.
NEW ISSUE: Collecting stories - Spacing Toronto

1 month ago | spacing.ca | Dylan Reid

When Spacing’s publisher Matt Blackett suggested an issue about collectors, I was skeptical. Was this really going to capture something essential about Toronto that would engage readers? But as soon as we started to get pitches, I was converted. It was delightful to get to know the interesting characters who are driven to bring together related artifacts, and to see what their collections reveal about distinctive slices of Toronto that we might otherwise overlook.
Toronto in the 2025 Ontario election - Spacing Toronto

2 months ago | spacing.ca | Dylan Reid

Since the last Ontario provincial election in 2022, Toronto has been powerfully affected by the actions of Premier Doug Ford’s Conservative provincial government. Ford himself represents a Toronto riding, and it’s often said that he is acting like he regrets not being mayor of Toronto, a position he ran for unsuccessfully before becoming premier. His close involvement in Toronto issues certainly suggests this idea.
Don't alienate civic volunteers - Spacing Toronto

Mar 18, 2025 | spacing.ca | John Lorinc |Dylan Reid

In case you missed it, the Toronto Star‘s Ben Spurr on the weekend published a deep dive into the brawl that took place at Moss Park Arena — not on the ice, but between the local councillor, Chris Moise, and the volunteers on the arena’s board of management.
OP-ED: Importing U.S. tactics to Toronto’s roads - Spacing Toronto

Mar 10, 2025 | spacing.ca | Albert Koehl |John Lorinc |Dylan Reid |Peter MacCallum

It’s a good time to re-think our imports from the U.S., but not just because of tariffs. We can certainly do without the tactics increasingly common in politics and exploited by Donald Trump: bullying adversaries; making outrageous claims; scapegoating the vulnerable; dismissing research as fake news, and using the courts to intimidate rivals.
The Overhead: Tracking Evictions Across Canada - Spacing National

Feb 25, 2025 | spacing.ca | Sean Ruthen |Dylan Reid

Evictions are a problem for renters across the country. As we explored in the last episode: part of tackling the housing crisis requires improving “security of tenure” for the many people who rent their homes. But evictions are difficult to quantify. Many of them are not reported. And each province has different processes, legislations, and tribunals surrounding evictions and landlord/tenant disputes. How do we get a picture of evictions across the country?
2025 Toronto State of the Bike Lane - Spacing Toronto

Feb 10, 2025 | spacing.ca | Robert Zaichkowski |Sabat Ismail |Dylan Reid

Bike lanes have been a controversial issue in Ontario this past year with not only a record breaking six cyclists killed in Toronto, but also the Ford government’s Bill 212 which limits new bike lane installations and risks ripping out existing ones. However, with a provincial election called for Thursday, February 27, it’s worth highlighting some of the progress that has been made on other fronts.
NEW ISSUE: Forever Yonge - Spacing Toronto

Feb 5, 2025 | spacing.ca | Dylan Reid |Peter MacCallum |John Lorinc |Trent Weston

Yonge street is very much the spine of Toronto. The city has grown up along and from it, with successive arterial roads radiating outwards like ribs. It’s a line that both divides the city, and its streets, into east and west – marking the beginning of address numbering in each direction – and that ties the city together.
The Overhead: Security for Renters - Spacing National

Feb 4, 2025 | spacing.ca | Dylan Reid

For renters, security of tenure â€” the ability to stay in a home without fear of being destabilized by eviction â€” is essential. When you have that security, you can put down roots in your neigbhourhood for you and your family. But evictions occur all the time. They may be the result of lack of payment, but there are different legal avenues for landlords to pursue “no-fault evictions,” such as renovations or moving in a family member.
When data beats gut feelings about traffic - Spacing Toronto

Jan 16, 2025 | spacing.ca | Anna Artyushina |Trent Weston |Dylan Reid |Peter MacCallum

Digital data is an important component of transportation management, used by City officials both as a planning tool and to measure the success of implemented policies. Yet, as the case of Toronto indicates, no amount of data can fix a policy designed to exclude from transportation governance those who don’t drive. In recent months, Toronto has made international headlines as the battleground for competing policies around cycling infrastructure.