Last Updated: July 1, 2011 7:23pm
London, a city of islands
Seen from above, our urban island is made up of a series of smaller islands -- institutions ranging from education and culture to transport and commerce -- whose strengths, weaknesses and sometimes tenuous links are key to the Forest City's identity and future
Last Updated: December 26, 2011 4:21am
Arab mission to visit Syria
Monitors will visit Syria's restive city of Homs on Tuesday, a source at the mission told Reuters, as they seek to assess whether Damascus is ending a bloody nine-month crackdown on protests in line with an Arab League peace plan.
Last Updated: December 23, 2011 8:51pm
Time London put money where mouth is on river
Politicians and planners, joggers and birders, canoeists and conservationists, coffee sippers and casual strollers -- Londoners from all walks of life like to say the Thames River provides the city's lifeblood.
Last Updated: December 2, 2011 8:22am
The case for cycling
It's good for you, it's good for the environment, it's cheap, and it can be safer than you might think. But getting Londoners out of their cars and on to their bicycles is a hard sell. It needn't be and it shouldn't be, advocates argue.
Last Updated: November 23, 2011 7:54am
Next: City targets Adelaide rail misery
Hale-Trafalgar? Done. Next up, Adelaide and Oxford.
Last Updated: November 11, 2011 11:48pm
Between the lines
Bisected by two major railway systems, and their spurs, London still has ribbons of steel in its transportation backbone that date back to the 1800s.
Last Updated: November 11, 2011 7:22am
Park or bus?
More downtown parking — and more of it free? Or better bus service?
Last Updated: November 8, 2011 10:02pm
Shoppers targets core-dwellers
The 4,500 Londoners who live in the city core will have a new place to pick up some groceries by the end of the month.
Last Updated: November 7, 2011 8:00am
Roundabout an elegant solution to a big headache
From a London headache to a taste of Europe, the city's only roundabout did more than solve a traffic nightmare, says an urban geographer and a contractor.
Last Updated: November 7, 2011 7:18am
Trackside troubles
They tow a heavy load in London's economy, but the many freight trains that snake through the city also cause frequent grief for motorists at level crossings often blocked by trains. Jonathan Sher plumbs the issue.
Last Updated: November 4, 2011 6:49pm
Time for moving on
A child of the horse-and-buggy age and Industrial Revolution, yet weaned on a suburban car culture that flung it over a vast area, London's transportation system cries out for major tune-ups to get all its wheels going the same way to meet efficiency's modern needs. The stakes -- and the challenges -- are enormous for the city, Jonathan Sher reports.
Last Updated: October 31, 2011 8:37am
Life in the fast (bus) lane
Forget free shuttles and free parking.
Last Updated: October 28, 2011 4:59pm
20 Objects: The Lakes
The Thing of It Is... An exploration of London's past, present and future as defined by 20 objects. This week: The Lakes
Last Updated: October 24, 2011 8:23am
It's time we park this debate with a decision that suits us all
It seems like Londoners have been talking about parking since, well, before mankind invented the wheel.
Last Updated: October 21, 2011 11:06pm
@#$! traffic lights 101
As The Free Press moves on to transportation in its What's London project exploring the city's identity and its future, it's time for a primer on what has the biggest impact on driving around the city - the traffic lights.
Last Updated: October 21, 2011 7:49am
Has paid parking time expired?
Can downtown parking woes be solved by making the parking free? Well, it’s not that simple.
Last Updated: October 14, 2011 4:22pm
Incubating tough questions
If the goal is to create a city filled with bright young minds to invent our new economy, London need only look down the Hwy. 401.
Last Updated: October 14, 2011 8:23pm
UWO - an island no more?
As talks begin on a downtown campus, we review our exploration of potential planks on the link between UWO and its home city.
Last Updated: October 14, 2011 11:16am
Downtown vision
Read our complete series of articles on the new vision of downtown London.
Last Updated: October 14, 2011 10:21am
20 Objects: The Kernel
VIDEO: The Thing of It Is... An exploration of London's past, present and future as defined by 20 objects. This week: The Kernel
Last Updated: September 30, 2011 8:39am
Cash crunch clouds core dream plans
The day after the city revealed big dreams for downtown, reality has hit in the form of a couple of key questions.