rbt
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There is a route for that. It's the Gardiner/DVP run.
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There is a route for that. It's the Gardiner/DVP run.
amnesiajune
Senior Member
Again, pretty much every big city - even the boring ones - have a marathon through the streets of their city, including through their city centre. They don't push them onto freeways to accommodate public transit. If you don't like having that get in the way even on a Sunday morning, big city life probably isn't for you.
I've participated in many run and cycle events and am a huge fan. However, having lived for many years in an area that is impacted by these events, serious consideration needs to be given to how many are allowed. This year there were road closures and TTC diversions on more weekends than not; at one point there were 4 in a row that closed the same residential streets on 4 consecutive Sundays.
Avenue
Active Member
I agree with your main idea here but If the marathon didn't impact the 300 Bloor Danforth route, and the subway itself was open later, what's the issue?
Is this a serious post?
amnesiajune
Senior Member
So take the subway, which is open an hour earlier than the Marathon starts. Or take the buses & streetcars that still go there. The only problem is if you're trying to get through the marathon route, but again, subways are unaffected, surface routes are only affected right when the marathon is passing through, and most people don't have anywhere pressing to go on a Sunday morning.
The subway starts at 8 am, the marathon started at 8:45 am, so 45 minutes not an hour. It really would be nice if it started earlier on Sundays as it isn't helpful for getting to the start point in good time.
salsa
Senior Member
It sounds like you have no idea what it's like to use transit when there's a marathon. I took the Bathurst night bus southbound that morning since I had an early train to catch at Exhibition GO. Even though I went extremely early, at a time when the route was not supposed to have been affected according to the TTC service advisory, my bus still got short turned at King. At 6:20am. Even though there were no road closures or any evidence of a major event about to take place along the rest of the bus route, this still happened. But thanks anyway for all the helpful advice which turned out to be wrong.
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marcus_a_j
Senior Member
The Toronto Marathon in May does not affect Bloor/Danforth, College/Carlton, Dundas or Queen. The route goes along Alymer/Rosedale Valley Road/Bayview from Yonge (north of Davenport) to River Street, passing under the 300, 505, 506, and 501 routes.
ehlow
Senior Member
Did anyone riding that part of Line 1 notice a difference in the way the train was driven?
drum118
Superstar
W. K. Lis
Superstar
With John Tory's demands for TTC budget cuts, cuts, and more cuts, what does one expect?
cplchanb
Senior Member
They really ought to dump it all into ensuring that ECT gets finished in time or better early.... no excuses for an additional 121M to pay for extra shifts
Leo_Chan
Senior Member
That’s actually not a bad idea
. But 200M isn’t going to speed it up by 2 years.smallspy
Senior Member
Maybe you should read the story to find out exactly what they can and can't spend it on before commenting?
Dan
Toronto, Ont.
drum118
Superstar
Not a TTC project.
Getting more buses from another supplier would work.
How about getting the overhead converted ASP as part of that money?
What about using some money to speed up the Queensway and Humber Loop project?
How about doing the EA to get 512 to Scarlett Rd??