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This is a subject which has received some long overdue attention recently - On the subject of the new Mirvish/Gehry proposal: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1265207--mirvish-project-prompts-question-how-many-people-can-king-west-handle "For Vaughan, much of that development was not...

I think it's important that Queen Street retains its streetcar. Not only is it a (potential if not actual) tourist attraction, the part that would be covered by the DRL is only the central portion of a much longer streetcar line that is very important. I'm afraid that if the DRL went on Queen...

Does anyone know of examples where a significant amount of street parking or a lane of traffic was sacrificed for bike lanes? My suspicion is that bike lanes are usually (or always) created where there was already enough space for a lane, but the space is just more clearly marked out. For...

There's a need for greater continuity of the bike network, and lanes in places where people will ride their bikes whether bike lanes are present or not. Here are some ideas, politics and feasibility aside. Brock and Shaw both get a lot of bike traffic going both directions because they cover a...

The political tug of war over public transportation in Toronto over the last year has got me thinking. Transit policy in this country is a disaster and nobody is doing anything about it. I like the signs that the City of Toronto seems to want to take charge and find its own projects and sources...

This Star editorial makes some good points: http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1233312--waterfront-toronto-is-best-placed-to-revitalize-ontario-place ...the entire site should be turned over to Waterfront Toronto. That public agency, unlike the city or province, has a...

Interesting discussion previously in this thread about the political and financial aspects of OneCity. Transit plans come and go, but this is the first one I've seen proposed that changes the way transit development is funded, which is huge. I am very interested in the suggestion (in this...

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/1208650--mississauga-mayor-hazel-mccallion-deserves-praise-for-urging-new-taxes-to-ease-gridlock Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion deserves praise for urging new taxes to ease gridlock Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion didn’t become one...

Sounds reasonable. BTW I'm planning to attend the next public consultation on Tuesday.

On the subject of terminating the Allen at Lawrence, I found this section of a Wikipedia article about the Spadina Expressway interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spadina_Expressway At the time of cancellation in 1971, the expressway was paved to Lawrence Avenue while the portion...

I got an announcement about public consultations yesterday. So yeah, given that extending the Allen is neither financially nor politically feasible, turning it into a boulevard seems reasonable. Removing it completely seems like a solution as well, but I wouldn't agree with shortening it - it's...

Random idea for improving cycling in the city: I recently started commuting from a relatively central, bike-friendly area out to the suburbs. I've noticed that at the same time as there are too few bike lanes further out, there are areas with very wide sidewalks and almost no pedestrians. My...

Some interesting discussion of the Allen in this thread. Full disclosure: I also live in the area and I don't own a car. Changes to the intersection of Eglinton and Allen may or may not have improved the situation, I'm not sure. I get the feeling, though, that tweaks to that intersection...

For what it's worth, I think there should be residential near Ontario Place, but not *in* Ontario Place, though. The area around it is currently inaccessible on foot, and I think that's a major problem that will get worse unless it's addressed somehow. The scale of the entire Exhibition...

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1180717--can-sad-empty-ontario-place-become-magical-again Micallef, part of the demographic poised to make future family memories, hopes Ontario Place is turned into a 24-hour, all-season space free to enter and a continuation of the public waterfront. The...

Does it seem wrong to anyone else that they would build the eastern leg of the DRL with no plans for a western leg when, from what I've seen living and commuting on the West end, King and Queen streetcars, and the Dufferin Bus are all basically over capacity for the routes they run on during...

As a voter, taxpayer and totally not an expert regarding animal sanctuaries and zoos, it makes me mad that council would presume to make a decision like this without consulting the zookeepers. The city hires experts to make recommendations and handle the details. It's idiotic, insulting and a...

I love the defence of the Sheppard line, it really puts the transit debate in context assuming the facts are correct. But unfortunately the anti-ford thing is rational - if he, or anyone, had a plan to pay for a Sheppard line we could have a rational discussion about it. As it is, it's really...

Using Caledonia as a reference point I was actually talking about the rail corridor which you can see just to the left of Caledonia on google maps below. This is the same corridor that defines the east edge of the Junction Triangle, and passes over queen on the bridge beside the Gladstone...

You're 100% correct, but I'm saying that Caledonia is close enough to Dufferin that people might use it if it was an alternative. Dufferin is a great street for driving and a rare street that goes from north of the 401 all the way to the lakeshore. So because it's practical to a large number...