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I thought you were a skeptic of these simplistic Transit City ideas like "There are X riders in a corridor." What matters is why these people are traveling and where they're going. If they're going to points west in Mississauga, they'll ride the regional rail line. If they're going to MCC or the...

And that's being charitable. I often hear "Why don't you just drive if transit is too slow for you??" The answer, of course, is that millions do.

It happens pretty often to me, particularly during prime shopping times. Either way, if a light rail line in its own right of way ever gets passed by a person walking, then that's a problem.

I'm not really someone who subscribes to the idea that local residential population in a city has a particularly significant bearing on the success of a major shopping area. Condo dwellers are fabulous for the local Rabba or Starbucks, but it's not like they go out and buy obscure comic books or...

I've routinely been beaten by people who are walking when I take the Spadina streetcar, especially if the bunch of four streetcar takes a while to arrive but sometimes even if they arrive quickly.

That's ludicrous...if transit is barely faster than walking, it's far too slow. Period. Is he supposed sightsee the same thing twice a day, five times a week? And it's not like you can read a book on a packed streetcar. A lot of people who talk about transit in these threads seem to ride it only...

I completely agree, Mustapha. I've always thought that the parking lot at Peter and Queen could be used for that purpose as well. I'd love to see some or all of it used for a Camden-style market. It would be a way to preserve some of the old Queen West as the ever-higher rents drive out the...

In the case of the Brampton highway, the studies plod on. Peel seems to be taking the lead on the project, so it wouldn't come up as part of general MTO highway planning.

If you're talking about avoiding car use, the design of developments is far more important than its density. If a neighbourhood is built around a central shopping and services area (which can but does not have to look like a traditional main street) with an adjacent rapid transit station, then...

Fine. If I were looking to get food at 1am on a weeknight, I'd rather be in NYCC than in many parts of downtown. There are also a couple clubs and a bunch of bars. Lots of karaoke and bubble tea places. As for the grocery store, when I lived downtown I'd have loved to have a full-size grocery...

Interesting points, doady. Would you prefer to route a line entirely along Dundas, bypassing Sherway? Assuming that pretty much all of the longer distance trips would use an express line, then we're left with local use riders along Dundas for the subway. Where are these people going? Are they...

I agree with you to a certain extent, taal. Some of the buildings south of King are better than others, particularly Soho, and they're not as uniform as what we're building these days. They also get the benefit of the doubt because they were built on parking lots and urban wasteland, unlike the...

Exactly. That's why real regional rail will require replacing the bilevels and locomotives with rapid-transit-style rolling stock that is suited to high-frequency urban operation.

I can't believe anyone who's spent any time in NYCC would call it lifeless. Its condo bases are far busier and occupied with far more interesting businesses than the condos downtown.

It's gross because it's exclusively glass towers, just like the area to the north will be soon.

Again, I'd love to think that you're right but Stephen Harper just got a majority (thanks to the 416). His cabinet includes many of Harris' most right-wing ministers to boot.

Oops! Well then I guess they could stand to publicize it a little better. Some restaurants and other amenities to draw people in would help.

Great picture. I'd love to see them make more of that interior courtyard. Maybe some restaurants or even a skating rink.