Dichotomy
Banned
Whether certain people like it or not, the auto is here to stay. To make every single major street bicycle/pedestrian friendly is neither desirable or attainable.
Despite the constant taxi/delivery truck parking that chokes movement and the incesssant lane closures due to the new tower of the week going up, Adealaide and Richmond are the only E-W streets south of Eglinton that can move at all.
As with University and Jarvis, the city needs to set aside at least a few streets that can function as traffic movers. King, Queen, College and Dundas are a nightmare for all forms of traffic: streetcar, bicycle and vehicular.
We have to tread very carefully with respect to what is done with Jarvis (plans to plant pretty trees up the middle ), Adelaide/Richmond and the Gardiner. Any one of these have the potential to become the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back and could launch an exodus of tenants from the core.
Toronto has so little viable traffic space as it is. I watch in horror as Wellesley becomes choked, year by year, yet more 40 story condos pop up like mushrooms. Eventually, nothing will be able to move along Wellesley either.
You have to remember one very important thing: where do the decision makers on Bay St. live - and how do they get to work every day? As I work out at Good Life on Bay St. nearly every day, I can count the shiny Porsches, Lexi, Caddys and Beemers going to their offices. Certain people on this board may resent their wealth, but if we make it too difficult for them to get to their 50th floor office, they may opt to move to Mississauga or Calgary - and take with them their 15 floors of office space that their company has rented.
Despite the constant taxi/delivery truck parking that chokes movement and the incesssant lane closures due to the new tower of the week going up, Adealaide and Richmond are the only E-W streets south of Eglinton that can move at all.
As with University and Jarvis, the city needs to set aside at least a few streets that can function as traffic movers. King, Queen, College and Dundas are a nightmare for all forms of traffic: streetcar, bicycle and vehicular.
We have to tread very carefully with respect to what is done with Jarvis (plans to plant pretty trees up the middle ), Adelaide/Richmond and the Gardiner. Any one of these have the potential to become the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back and could launch an exodus of tenants from the core.
Toronto has so little viable traffic space as it is. I watch in horror as Wellesley becomes choked, year by year, yet more 40 story condos pop up like mushrooms. Eventually, nothing will be able to move along Wellesley either.
You have to remember one very important thing: where do the decision makers on Bay St. live - and how do they get to work every day? As I work out at Good Life on Bay St. nearly every day, I can count the shiny Porsches, Lexi, Caddys and Beemers going to their offices. Certain people on this board may resent their wealth, but if we make it too difficult for them to get to their 50th floor office, they may opt to move to Mississauga or Calgary - and take with them their 15 floors of office space that their company has rented.