Toronto Sneckdown Blog

What is a sneckdown?

A sneckdown (snowy+neckdown), is when snow extends the curb. A natural form of traffic calming, sneckdowns show where road space isn’t being utilized and could be repurposed to calm traffic, shorten pedestrian crossing distances, or add bicycle infrastructure. Read more about sneckdowns here!

Contribute!

If you have spotted a sneckdown, you can send me your photos via email or twitter.

Latest Sneckdowns

Roncesvalles

Jan 06, 2018

In anticipation of the enormous snowstorm poised to hit this city in the next couple of days, let’s revisit some great sneckdowns f…

Ossington and Foxley, again

Mar 01, 2016

It’s snowing in Toronto, and sneckdowns are showing up in all the same places they always do. Here’s the venerable Oss…

Dundas and Lisgar

Jan 19, 2016

This sneckdown comes to us from Adam Popper. Thanks Adam! We’re looking at the south side of the intersection of Dundas West and L…

College and Huron

Jan 13, 2016

Toronto’s seven metre wide side streets are becoming quite the theme for this blog. Here we’re looking at the south side of Col…

Bellevue and Nassau (Kensington)

Mar 24, 2015

Two one-way streets allow for limited turn movements.

Bloor and Gardenvale

Feb 22, 2015

Here’s a massive sneckdown from Matt Worona, at the intersection of Bloor West and Alberfoyle Crescent/Gardenvale Rd in E…

More Sneckdowns

Articles

How to shoot a sneckdown

Today is a great day to shoot a sneckdown! Here’s a few tips to get the best shot. Make sure the snow has been on the ground for a while. The longer a sneckdown sticks around for, the more meaningful it is. Get the widest angle you can. B… read more →