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Maybe more competent contractors. [cough] Sanscon [cough]

Lack of family-sized units seems to be a thing in high-demand cities - and probably for exactly the two reasons NL highlighted: 1. It’s expensive, since psf is high, and families would expect ~900-1000 square feet to not feel absolutely claustrophobic 2. Condos do not lend themselves to this...

E-bikes are a game-changer for micro mobility, and do quite a ways to alleviate the legitimate complaints about discomfort. I’m excited to see more roll out in Toronto via Bikeshare, and think there should be built-in chargers at the stations. E-bikes + Bikeshare + a safe (separated?) bike lane...

I don’t feel like Yonge and Bloor ever had a stabby vibe - at least not since the mid/late 90s. Am I too young to know otherwise?

I’ve never been to Melbourne - hope to, someday - but @reaperexpress has repeatedly pointed out how ridiculous our use of stop lights is, and how much it impacts car traffic, with questionable safety benefits. The tradeoff is just poor, and often political. The same goes for our placement of...

I’ll also simply express that in my ‘ideal’ Toronto, the vast majority of ‘short’ and daily-life trips (handwaving wildly) would take place using walking and biking, medium distance trips with transit and biking, and long distance trips with transit and cars. I think cars and trucks are a...

There’s going to be discomfort. No doubt about it. But there was going to be discomfort anyways - and that seems to be ignored in these conversations by those arguing for the status quo. As Toronto grows and we intensify along Avenues and main streets, traffic will be unbearable if we keep the...

It’s worthwhile to evaluate what we can do to get car traffic to flow smoother. Some ideas have been mentioned previously: removing stop lights, synchronizing lights, reconfiguring lanes etc. In other words, changes that can be made without ripping out bike lanes. It sounds like the city is...

Also, an opinion article in The Star about the continued exodus of long-time residents from Toronto: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/living-in-toronto-has-become-such-a-grind-people-are-leaving-in-droves-can-you/article_42e2fb1a-394a-11ef-8d11-2fe89de56066.html The usual...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-ferry-purchase-approved-1.7252366 Not sure where to put this. Not much that’s new, except that the ferries will be built in Romania, and cost $92M vs. the 25M originally proposed (wow).

Yeah - air-gapping would make a lots of people’s jobs ridiculously harder. If you were annoyed about slowdowns before, imagine what would happen if you could only access email on a separate computer, and had to transfer things explicitly to a production computer/system. It’d be nutso. I suspect...

1. Someone in a position of authority or that you know 2. Urgency 3. Call to action Three flags to watch out for. It can happen to us all. When in doubt, slow down and try reach out to (1) before taking action.

Repeating, and appropriately quoting: They’re asking you why (1) the rolling stock being different and (2) it not being an extension are valid concerns regarding cut-and-cover or require businesses to have an override in how a line gets built. That’s very valid. To my understanding there is...

They’re asking you why (1) the rolling stock being different and (2) it not being an extension are valid concerns regarding cut-and-cover or require businesses to have an override in how a line gets built. That’s very valid. To my understanding there is nothing that says that if rolling stock...

Oh sorry - I wasn’t clear. 1. Why Brad Bradford specifically wanted to prioritize vehicular traffic on St. Clair and Vic Park (maybe that’s too aggressive a reading?) 2. And, yes - why it was passed

I really appreciated the MNTO analysis. I’m curious what @Northern Light and @innsertnamehere think of them. Link from @rdaner ’s post above: https://www.moreneighbours.ca/news/analysis/avenues-for-change

Do you happen to know why? This seems surprising given the general tone so far?

I suspect people like you and me will soon be left in the lurch - and maybe that’s fine. I suspect from a financial point of view it makes more sense to transition the BikeShare fleet over time into a fully electric fleet, and move pricing to a membership + fee (lower for members) for usage.

Still going with my prediction of March 2025 :) 🍿

It’s deeply annoying to me that the reporter didn’t put this context in the article. It allows low-quality arguments like this to maintain emotional weight ‘for free’. Thank you for the details and context.