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[rbt]

How is it all those callers to ford are on his side and most from scarborough?

Producer filtering callers in the background before Ford speaks with them live.

 

[gweed123]

Producer filtering callers in the background before Ford speaks with them live.

Someone should call in pretending to be a Ford supporter, and then when they get on the air with him ask him point blank questions that expose how stupid his position really is.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

How is it all those callers to ford are on his side and most from scarborough?

Ford dosen't want people who don't share his opinion to speak. Its all part of the propaganda.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

Someone should call in pretending to be a Ford supporter, and then when they get on the air with him ask him point blank questions that expose how stupid his position really is.

I was just about to write a post suggesting that. It would be great if a few of us on this forum could call in next week. People really need to be educated about Toronto's transit plans.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Someone should call in pretending to be a Ford supporter, and then when they get on the air with him ask him point blank questions that expose how stupid his position really is.

There is a delay (10 seconds?) to catch profanity or slander before it gets to the air. They could then break for commercial or traffic at that point, not going on with that caller.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

There is a delay (10 seconds?) to catch profanity or slander before it gets to the air. They could then break for commercial or traffic at that point, not going on with that caller.

If the mayor did hang up on someone who doesn't share his opinion I wouldn't see that going over very well. To many people it would seem like he is trying to oppress the opinions of Torontonians who don't share his opinion. Anyways, I'm pretty sure that there must have been a few people on the show who don't agree with the mayor.

 

[a0th]

If the mayor did hang up on someone who doesn't share his opinion I wouldn't see that going over very well. To many people it would seem like he is trying to oppress the opinions of Torontonians who don't share his opinion. Anyways, I'm pretty sure that there must have been a few people on the show who don't agree with the mayor.

he already did, i only listened to the first show and he did it twice.

 

[TheTigerMaster]

he already did, i only listened to the first show and he did it twice.

Wow. Thats a little disappointing. I always knew that the mayor was a little immature, but I never expected him to hang up on callers just because they don't share his opinion. I expected the mayor of Canada's largest city to have a little more integrity then that. If enough pro-LRT supportes call the show hopefully Ford will be more interested in hearing actual facts.

 

[a0th]

Wow. Thats a little disappointing. I always knew that the mayor was a little immature, but I never expected him to hang up on callers just because they don't share his opinion. I expected the mayor of Canada's largest city to have a little more integrity then that. If enough pro-LRT supportes call the show hopefully Ford will be more interested in hearing actual facts.

hahaha thats a good one

 

[jje1000]

2:00: Caller Dave lives in Toronto, is from Calgary and was a Reform party member. He likes fiscal conservatism, which he says Calgary does well, and adds that it's a car-focused city. So why, he asks, would LRTs have worked for Calgary for the past 30 years but not for Toronto? Ford responds that people in Toronto really want subways, and apparently that's enough.

I am caller Dave (mentioned in the above recap at the 2pm mark). The one thing that surprised me and infuriated me was being cut off by the Mayor (or his producer). I had follow up questions for the Mayor and actually started to ask one. You can hear it in the show podcast right after he says: "you get from point A to point B", I barely managed to squeeze in a "but, but..." before I was cut off and the Mayor just chuckled and said "...absolutely" before continuing to deliver his speech.

I was not impressed by such blatant stifling of dialog.

http://toronto.openfile.ca/blog/news/2012/rob-and-doug-ford-show-recap-week-four

 

[Palma]

Eglinton east of Leaside is mostly a 7 lane road with metres of empty space on either side...it's more than wide enough for vehicles to run in a trench in the middle/side of the road, especially since the blocks are very, very long between Leaside and Kennedy. Even if Eglinton was reduced to a 4 lanes from 6-7, the benefits of gaining a real rapid transit line on the corridor far outweigh this and would absorb tons of car traffic. Virtually everything along Eglinton is Avenues-fodder, anyway, so some plazas could be acquired if needed for the sake of, say, some larger stations.

So why are people crying that Eglinton east of Larid is so packed with cars and can't afford to loose 2 lanes of traffic?
Today I was driving across St. Clair which I do every week taking my son to karate. Smooth sailing on the way there right before rush hour I guess, arriving there at 4:45pm. Leaving at 5:45 to come back home there was traffic - both lanes full of cars - the streetcar running past us uninterrupted as should be. But if it were Rob Ford there he would be complaining S. Clair is a mess. A mess for people who want as much lanes as possible for cars maybe. Even if there was an extra lane it too would be full of cars - like they say, build it and they shall come. As we got closer to Oakwood I discovered the problem, was a truck stopped by the curbside probably delivering something. Once we passed it smooth sailing all the way to Caledonia.
I am really tired of always hearing people complain St. Clair is a mess – its not. During rush hour there are 2 lanes of traffic for cars in each direction (what most streets in Toronto have by the way) during rush hour and 1 lane outside of rush hour since there may be cars parked and taking up 1 lane as they are allowed to be. The only problem with St. Clair is all the stops. There are so many intersections so of curse all the corresponding stoplights. Thats it. It is not a mess.

 

[Palma]

http://toronto.openfile.ca/blog/news/2012/rob-and-doug-ford-show-recap-week-four

I heard when you asked that question about Calgary and I noticed. And I thing I also noticed is that on his shows there are so many interruptions for traffic. How can that be - and its a Sun. I listen to the station all week (in the background of my computer on the internet) and they have no where that many interruptions for traffic. Ford uses that when he does not want to answer the question - thats what i have noticed or cut someone off. How can that station be a mouth piece for him?

I cannot believe the ratings are great - perhaps in the beginning because people want to see how he handles himself and if he trips himself up but after a while the same old same old. People should send emails to the station manager

 

[jje1000]

I heard when you asked that question about Calgary and I noticed. And I thing I also noticed is that on his shows there are so many interruptions for traffic. How can that be - and its a Sun. I listen to the station all week (in the background of my computer on the internet) and they have no where that many interruptions for traffic. Ford uses that when he does not want to answer the question - thats what i have noticed or cut someone off. How can that station be a mouth piece for him?

I cannot believe the ratings are great - perhaps in the beginning because people want to see how he handles himself and if he trips himself up but after a while the same old same old. People should send emails to the station manager

That wasn't me. Still, I imagine that a large part of his ratings are driven by those curious to see what Ford says next.

 

[Palma]

That wasn't me. Still, I imagine that a large part of his ratings are driven by those curious to see what Ford says next.

That the only reason I tune in. It was meshuga and i thought I posted with his quote. Sorry. But I did send an email to the radio station on the show and Ford and how bias it is

 

[scarberiankhatru]

Eglinton subway is badly needed. The central sections of Eglinton are traffic choked close to 24/7 so the current bus service is totally ineffective. Plus Eglinton to the airport would serve a major employment area in Mississauga, relieving a very busy section of 401, and is arguably more important than Sheppard.

Eglinton won't get anywhere near the jobs in Mississauga unless it loops all the way around Explorer and Matheson for a few kilometres. Maybe 3 buildings will be within walking distance. The entirety of Eglinton West from Renforth to Yonge has, what, 5,000 jobs? And most of them are in schools in the neighbourhoods off Eglinton. It's a subway to Bob Rae's riding...there aren't that many worse places to sink billions of dollars of transit dollars than Eglinton West. Lawrence/Dixon would be a better place to put a transit line.

As for the airport, once you factor out the people coming from the north or the west or the south or far to the east, the people who will continue to drive, the people who will take the downtown rail link, the people who would never drag kids + luggage on transit, etc., Eglinton can only hope to capture a small percentage of trips to Pearson.

Congestion on Eglinton could be significantly reduced just by building a proper interchange at the Allen.

So why are people crying that Eglinton east of Larid is so packed with cars and can't afford to loose 2 lanes of traffic?

You wouldn't need to lose traffic lanes east of Laird. There's barely a building frontage anywhere near the road east of there, unlike St. Clair. There's tons of room, metres and metres of it. Rebuilding the entire street will be a component of any option, anyway. There's probably room for 7 lanes of traffic, 2 lanes of transit (or any sort of trench/elevated supports), bike lanes, landscaping, etc. But the city has no intention of exploring every option for Eglinton, and even if they did people are stupid and would still complain.