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The people who did the first EA were lying when they said the portal had to be east of Yonge due to lack of space to build a ramp up and clearance issues with pipes under Yonge Street. Now the new people in charge are saying they can put the portal west of Yonge and all they need is 10 years and...

In this thread you see people arguing for pages and pages over less than 2 metres. Heavy stuff mate.

I know people have mentioned shadowing of a park that's half a kilometre away as the reason but maybe there's another reason? Multiple geniuses working independently like those at the private developer and at Toronto Planning were bound to come up with the same numbers and solutions if it was...

If that's the case why are you always on the record calling for more expanded patios for the private businesses along that stretch of road? It's more than hypocritical to complain about what you're complaining about and be super excited for an expanded restaurant row whose special interests pay...

What post is this? Looks like you've bought into the same uninformed junk that the puppet planners are puffing. If the core along King provides very very very very little ridership then why is the TTC wasting so much of our money paying two times the number of drivers to drive empty streetcars...

Expanded private patios don't do anything to relieve the alleged lack of space that causes the alleged pedestrian congestion.

I see you people are still throwing out the myth that King Street is dead in the core after 5pm.... The same retread planning department talking points over and over. Ever see King Street after the 81 home Jays dates, 82 Raptors and Leafs home dates or during TIFF? King St west of University...

Would these be the same planning clowns who made the #1 justification for this line as putting a station at the "psychological heart of the city"?

It is more than likely most disembarkers will be headed south once they leave the trains at these stations so which of the limited paths will they be forced to take? They have to go somewhere. Many Planning fans on here have said putting the stations at Queen as planned will create new pathways...

City planning decided it was what they wanted a long time ago. Citizens have been leaving comments and telling those mighty planners that it was a bad idea for several years now at every single event. Planning wants what it wants. I know Planning fans will say having everything up north on...

Thank you for bringing city staff numbers up again. In light of recent reports about staff making adjustments to the numbers to satisfy their bosses, I think it is relevant to bring up their numbers before they decided a station at the "psychological heart of the city" was absolutely necessary...

What's the difference between blocking a pedestrian zone with a car versus blocking a pedestrian zone with a doubled in width patio? The latter of which is what you wanted all along?

Tread carefully... the Keesmat led planning department is a sacred cow around here, almost beyond reproach to many. When you actually spell out the number of disasters they've had their dirty hands in it paints a different and very unflattering picture.

There were slides from a different program which relate to this program, specifically the development potential and offpeak usage lies the bureaucrats were throwing around to ram everything through. Office workers better get out of their wheelchairs/walkers and get fit. Source: City of Toronto

Point being? It's fully enclosed, affects an order of magnitude less people, and a shorter walk than the hike from the proposed downtown subway to the major destinations in the shoulder areas, the latter matter nobody here seems to have a problem with so why would the moving walkway be a...

If true why are you so enthusiastic about wasting big parts of that precious space by handing it over to restaurant row for free? Excellent point. This talk might be better in the subway thread but what happens there is intertwined with this. The very presence of the King concept looks like it...

In case you haven't noticed nothing is open down there.

Ever been in a supermarket before?

That scenario is your own fault. We don't need hand-holding and babysitting for people gawking at the terminal for their balance, fishing around in their pockets for fare, or blocking the doorway asking the driver for directions, take some responsibility for once.

Tory and Keesmat are the king and queen of over-promising and under-delivering. They'll tease you with promises of precious gems but end up delivering polished up lumps of coal. I've been saying from the start if you wanted a pedestrian fun zone Queen works because there are actual laneways...