I was in Berlin just last week, and Berlin is a million light years ahead of Toronto when it comes to any form of transit. No matter if it's public transit (absolutely amazing UBahn and SBahn that runs 24/7 on weekends.. puts the TTC & MTA to shame), cycling or even driving, it's way less...

I'm less optimistic. Sometimes the overflow of crowds have resulted in people bumping into trees, and I think it has affected their health somewhat.

I hope one day they'll turn QQW to one way, so they can remove a lane and widen the trail. I've both jogged and cycled on the trail and it's just too squishy at the moment for both uses. The waterfront was so popular this summer (even after the islands re-opened), at times it felt the area's...

They should also make the MG trail wider in that area- probably double the width at least. Right now it's already at capacity, and it's getting more popular by the day. It's part of my favourite jogging route at the moment, but there's been at least a few close calls with cyclists in the dark.

Yes, regular people don't have the time or understanding. They expect politicians will uphold their fiduciary duty and not appeal to their lowest denominator. To uphold their professional duty and pick the choices best for Scarborough. Cho is a clear example of a crass politician who brings out...

Well if you have taken the RER or LIRR, you would know the stations are actually quite spaced apart. Find me a Parisian RER line that has even remotely the same station density as the Stouffville line... What's the point of adding more stations on the Richmond Hill line if they can't even...

And they won't come up in a Scarborough transit thread - cause it has to do with Scarborough, not Etobicoke. But, I've seen more than a few mentions on the RoFo thread alone, so look there. It isn't only a Scarborough issue, but it's one that has an outsized impact on Scarborough. I agree the...

The blame isn't just placed on Scarborough politicians - this is purely your own conjecture. But this thread is about a transit proposal in Scarborough. So why wouldn't the actions of Scarborough politicians be front and centre here? I don't see Scarborough being singled out. Are people here...

It's amazing how NIMBYs can argue with a straight face that there's not enough land for redevelopment. Kenendy&Eg of today looks even more sparse than 1950s Yonge & Eglinton. If anything Yonge & Eg was already a dense streetcar neighbourhood by the time the condos and apartments started popping...

For this hypothetical couple, yes maybe SCC is better than Kennedy-Eg, but honestly this couple will move sooner to the Consumers area or Agincourt (take GO RER) before they contemplate SCC. The 401 has terrible bottlenecks between Kennedy and Vic Park.. and when I was commuting by car a while...

Right now it has 3 of the 4 points you mentioned and it's still not that attractive.STC is a decent regional mall, but even in West Scarborough, Fairview is on our radar as the place to be, not STC. Honestly, I don't see how the subway stop will really change dynamics, given it's way at the end...

If the planners were really keen on following Europe, we wouldn't concentrate the mid-rise block density on a few avenues, and instead all those stable neighbourhoods would be bulldozed all at once for mid-rises. Even now you can't even get a SFH split into a duplex or semi, that's how...

The jist of transit city from what I understand was to create a transit oriented mixed used neighbourhood that relies less on cars. The European model is just one idea they drew inspiration from. Height and towers-in-a-park aren't synonymous anyways. With the right context, especially in...

Exactly. The city's built form isn't like Haussman's Paris. Where it makes sense we should increase the height limits, especially within 500m of such a hub. Other than placating NIMBYs, there's no logical reason why we're not maximizing the utility of an important transit interchange hub.

I don't think anyone is realistically expecting YTZ to close anytime soon - expanding its destination catchment area beyond regional is the contentious part. One of its key proposition values right now is to ameliorate YYZ by freeing up some Toronto-Ottawa & Toronto-Montreal slots for higher...

My issue is that NYCC + Sheppard (along the subway) gets the same treatment, but Kennedy & Eg doesn't. Just doesn't make sense, regardless of what's done at SCC. Why put our high rise eggs all in one basket.

But how will that flight path be impacted by the development of the Portlands? If history is any guide, the area's future buildings will probably be much taller than we now envision. Interestingly enough..my uncle used to work at the Kai Tak Airport Authority for the colonial government, and...

How did NYCC come to be? It was championed politically by crazy Mel. There will always be push back from residents, I mean even people in the path of SSE are protesting about losing their homes... But politicians have to rise above the fray if they genuinely want Scarborough to progress.

Yes it did - one of the big issues was planes nearly hitting the buildings nearby.. and they weren't even that tall at the time. There was no room for error whatsoever, as the runway was limited in length. Comparatively speaking, the flight path to YTZ is also pretty close to the country's...

Good riddance to that awful parking lot. It's an awful dead zone, especially given that one of the prettier parts of the city is just two blocks away.