Richmond Hill’s Winter Sidewalks May Carry Legal Consequences
When Snow Becomes a Legal Risk: What Richmond Hill Can Learn from a Supreme Court Ruling On winter mornings in Richmond Hill, the danger often…
Richmond Hill Needs “Third Places”
Without “Third Places,” Richmond Hill Risks Becoming a City Without a Social Life Richmond Hill is changing quickly. New developments rise along Yonge Street, population…
Richmond Hill’s Stroads Are Failing ALL of Us
Traffic deaths are often dismissed as “negligible” because they are rare per trip, but that framing ignores that risk is concentrated on the most vulnerable…
Sidewalks: Winter’s Afterthought
WINDROWS, SIDEWALKS AND TENSE DRIVEWAYS: WINTER SNOW POLICY TESTS PATIENCE IN RICHMOND HILL As another snowy season grinds on, residents of Richmond Hill are once…
Designed to Kill Pedestrians
Another Day, Another Tragedy: Richmond Hill Crash Exposes a Broken System Today’s news from Richmond Hill is yet another grim reminder of what many of…
The Door That Slows the Bus
On a weekday afternoon in Richmond Hill, the choreography inside a bus is as familiar as it is fragile. Riders line up at the front,…
Planning, Games, Potluck
Strong Towns Richmond Hill Marks First Anniversary with Holiday Gathering and Plans for the Year Ahead RICHMOND HILL — December 14 — The Strong Towns…
The High Cost of Low Prices
The news of a new warehouse-style “Costco Business Center” opening in East Gwillimbury—a store accessible to individuals with a two-tiered membership—is met by some with…
First Time Homebuyers Don’t Need BILD’s Crocodile Tears
Crying Wolf on the Housing Crisis: When the Canada’s Biggest Developers Point Fingers It takes a special kind of chutzpah for the representative of the…
Safety in the Fast Lane
What the Thorncliffe Park Fire Teaches Us About Richmond Hill’s Housing Shortage. The complexity of the recent five-alarm fire at 11 Thorncliffe Park Drive serves…
Your License Is A Sham
Why the test doesn’t measure risk, and how the roads betray you Few issues spark as much heated public debate as the question of speed…
Dear Richmond Hill, wake up…
A love letter to Richmond Hill, where I’ve lived for 20 years. Inspired by A Love Letter to Suburbia by Diane Alisa (available at the…
How to Avoid Creating More NIMBYs: The Case for Incremental Development
If you’ve ever followed a local planning meeting or community Facebook group, you’ve probably heard the term NIMBY — short for “Not In My Backyard.”…
Not Just Bikes? No, Not EVEN Bikes!
Bikes and cars are often portrayed as opposing sides in a growing culture war — but the real story of how people choose to move…
Holiday Gathering to Mark STRH’s First Year
RICHMOND HILL — Strong Towns Richmond Hill is capping off its first full year with a festive — and firmly RSVP-controlled — holiday gathering on…