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I think I prefer the obvious pro-car stance Ford took over Tory's sneaky, shrouded pro-car stance.

Yea...which isn't open until 9:00am. And even when it is open, it doesn't offer a very good alternative route for someone with a destination on a King/Queen streetcar route. There is no service between the two points where they are diverting them...which happens to be the downtown...

ha ha ha How would you know this from the perspective of a runner??? Once the race reaches certain points in the route, there are no gaps between runners big enough to allow traffic through until you get near the end of the runners. You could be stuck at an intersection for an hour or more...

Look...I'm getting tired of pointing out your lazy, flawed excuses. The "delay" they are speaking about, is the fact that there is NO service for the duration of the facking marathon. It's not like you have to wait an extra 5 minutes...or catch a shuttle bus (like they have when they shut down...

And if the arches were never built over the reflecting pool, we wouldn't be wanting that element included either. But that's because the idea wouldn't exist, which is why your excuse lacks logic. Of course the elevated walkways can't be demolished to "improve" NPS. For one thing, it's a...

Sadly, this is just indicative of what Toronto has become...a very prosperous city, yet has no interest in the public realm. This is blatantly obvious from the sorry excuse for politicians we elect, and the mostly moronic bureaucrats they hire. Projects like this go off the rails because it...

Really? This is directly from the TTC's website.... So...you still want to argue that doesn't cover the "whole downtown core surface transit"? It isn't about me...it's about an essential service used by a huge amount of people. It's a matter of principal. Why don't you add up the ridership...

We've had one all along. The problem was that the movement was of the bowel variety.

Actually, I think I recall there being more than two marathons that shut down the whole downtown core surface transit. The Santa parade actually allows the streetcars to get through. Parades have gaps that allow for this. Caribana doesn't affect any streetcars. I don't remember if Pride...

Canada has never had an official state religion...you obviously don't know what you're talking about. It's also, as I previously pointed out.... irrelevant. Whether or not there was just cause to put streetcar stops in front of churches at the time they were implemented (the 1920's), it's...

The fact that this is incorrect is irrelevant (Canada is a secular state). The point is that maintaining a stop to service any specific building that basically nobody uses is stupid. Streetcar routes have enough delay problems from inept management that it seems plainly irresponsible to not...

Is it because of the baby jezuz? Or is it because the cost and engineering involved in removing a pole requires 40 years to accomplish? Entitled is expecting to shut down the entire public transit system in downtown Toronto because you felt the need to run 10 kms. Make fun of my antiquing on...

Depending on how many office floors it contains, it is quite likely to be as tall or taller than Aura (mechanical/crowns notwithstanding).

115,000 sqft of 1985 class B office space, with direct subway access. That's a pretty valuable asset for a tear-down. Demolition alone will cost a fortune. Should mean we get something fairly spectacular to justify that kind of outlay.

With Tory, you get all the imprudence of a Ford, without any of the theatre. Sadly, we will never know the pleasure of a "you just attacked Kuwait" speech, or a "I've got enough to eat at home" gem. We've be Robbed!!!

The flaw in your logic is not only that "packed" service isn't a requirement to justify providing the service...but that "packed" service is an undesirable feature in the first place. Turning downtown Toronto's surface transit system into chaos because of a marathon is stupid. Having transit...

The fact that there isn't an alternative route is beside the point. The idea that it's ok to shut down all public transit in the entire downtown core is acceptable under anything but apocalyptical purposes is quite moronic to me. No such need. At one time, it was practical idea, as going...

The subway should open before 9:00 am on Sunday...period. Toronto is the kind of city that should have 24 hr subway service. Treating Sunday as "special" is just a lingering throwback to Toronto's victorian past. That's why we still have those "Sunday stops" in front of churches....as if even...

Yes...they are essentially shut down. I get caught with every marathon as I head down early (before they close the streets) to the sunday St Lawrence antique market on the 504, and by the time I'm ready to head back home, the streetcars don't get through. What's worse, is there seems to be no...

You can't shut down every east-west streetcar line in downtown Toronto for hours for any reason, let alone a marathon. But we are obsessed with screwing up streetcar lines....it's what we do best. I mean what the hell...it's just the busiest surface route in the country...who cares...right?