Toronto Star

If Toronto is on the road to a better future, it's not because of its streets. Despite years of debate about how to make the city more pedestrian oriented, in these parts the car remains king. Though most would agree Toronto must move toward a more urban model, the fact is that we have become increasingly suburban. What makes the situation so frustrating is that the failure goes beyond lack of political or social will — there's no shortage of either. Instead the problem lies within the very organization of the city, its bureaucracy and administration. It can be found in rules and regulations as well as attitudes and assumptions that lie so deep they can be hard to recognize and harder still to change.