PCC
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Do people not listen to the radio anymore?
You mean AM radio, right?
Do people not listen to the radio anymore?
Queen and King are not the only streets in Toronto that utilise street cars, and they very well may be quite effective for the downtown core. However, there are lots of places where streetcars can be replaced by buses effectively. Broadview is one such example.
For the most part, outside of the core, the lines are running into the core. If you remove the parts of the line running into the core, it makes them, uh ..., rather difficult to use. Also you don't really see the congestion issues outside of the core as much ... a car might be briefly slowed at one streetcar stop ... but the effect is less than a traffic light. A bus signalling to turn from the stop, back into the active traffic lane creates a similar effect.Queen and King are not the only streets in Toronto that utilise street cars, and they very well may be quite effective for the downtown core. However, there are lots of places where streetcars can be replaced by buses effectively.
Where then do you suggest the King car go after getting to the Don River? I walk up and ride up and down Broadview all the time ... in rush hour! I don't see traffic congestion there ... except at Danforth ... and the issue there is the traffic trying to turn at the light onto Danforth ... not the streetcars. Where on Broadview do you see congestion.Broadview is one such example.
I live near the streetcar tracks ... heck, I used to live right in front of the streetcar tracks, with the radio in the front of the house. I've never heard any radio issues.Do people not listen to the radio anymore?
But what about all the poor drivers trying to listen to the rage on CHAT-AM?If replacing streetcars is on the menu, I'd much rather have trolleybuses instead.
I find it amusing how incredulous people are here that anyone finds the traffic in NYC easy to navigate.And your telling us that the inbound tunnel wasn't congested on a Friday in the daytime?.
It's the approaches that I find surprising. In particular the bridges and tunnels to New Jersey are legendary - and my experiences have always been similar. Once your into Manhattan, it's normally clear sailing except at rush-hour - like downtown Toronto, there is little reason to be driving.I find it amusing how incredulous people are here that anyone finds the traffic in NYC easy to navigate.
In the tunnel ... sure ... but what about the spiral approach? That's usually my downfall.The taxi slowed down a little in the tunnel
From the exit from the Lincoln Tunnel (40th and 9th) to Times Square (42nd and 7th) ... no gridlock. What's that ... 2 whole blocks? (writer looks out window to see 3 blocks of Front Street as he types ... no congestion out there either ...)but we had no problems with city gridlock.
Indeed ... though the west end from Spadina/Bathurst to the Humber seems much poorer east/west than I see on the east end; I'm not sure if it has improved any now the Dufferin jog bottleneck has been eliminated.I think Toronto's actual traffic problems relate more to facilitating movement into and out of downtown from the suburbs.
the power lines for them cause a ton of radio interference which unrelated to traffic is another annoyance.
Read the signs carefully though ... in New York if you park overnight where you shouldn't, they don't ticket ... they tow!You don't expect this in a city of this size.... in THE city of this size.
However, I would argue that you can only create a one-way network without destroying street-life if the area has already densified and matured. I would argue that one-way grids do kill streetlife, it's just that Manhattan is so dense that it can handle the negative impacts of one-way grids. In essence one-way grids kill streetlife but that is a good thing in a place as dense as Manhattan.