I wonder, of those people railing against shutting King St. down during rush hour, how many have ever actually needed to drive on King St. during rush hour.

Thanks, CaptialSeven, I guess I was aware people had floated this idea but I had no idea of the details. I have a hard time believe something like this would *not* improve the quality of streetcar service. If the streetcars move faster, people arrive at their destinations faster and the total...

Sure the NDP include elements of socialism in their platform. Having an NDP-ish mayor isn't going to mean instant financial catastrophe for the same reason Ford didn't quite turn Toronto into a libertarian fantasyland: the mayor is basically a figurehead. On that count Olivia Chow would be a...

Assuming something big enough to force Ford to resign doesn't happen before the next election, I see two likely scenarios: - Rob Ford wins again - A reasonable right or centrist candidate splits the vote on the right and causes a reasonable leftist candidate to win It really does seem like...

The Ontario conservatives (and conservatives in city hall) compound their lack of a compelling financial plan by supporting modes of transportation that are not cost effective. More broadly, in Canada, governments have tied their own hands by cutting taxes when times were good. Raising new taxes...

I've been watching this thread for a few days and it's now my main source of news on Ford. Thanks for staying on top of it, everyone. My thoughts: - I think it is unlikely that the police are investigating whether Rob Ford smokes crack. Their interest is likely only in the murders, so if they...

And to the argument that we should follow the US funding model - I assume it's true that the US federal government funds public transportation and the Canadian federal government does not. But various jurisdictions are still required to implement various 'revenue tools' to pay for public...

Doug Ford's rant about Liberal spending is, as usual, distorted. Of course it's true that the Liberals failed to get the deficit under control, but the "billions of dollars this province wasted on eHealth ... helicopters ... and gas plants" need some perspective: eHealth does work, so the...

It's true, taxes are typically raised from the province (or country) as a whole and spent where they are needed, and transit isn't *such* a special case that it should be an exception to this. However this is political and politics are rarely fair. Having a dedicated tax not only is a good way...

Visiting Seattle for a few days and what strikes me here is that this is a city that is small enough that people get around by car very easily but there seems to be a huge amount of political support for transportation alternatives. It feels to me like there is an amazing amount of generosity...

I will be writing to my councillor about forcing a discussion in council, and about revenue tools in general, and I hope other people on this forum will do the same. Politicians need to be reminded that there are voters who are both in favour and passionate about raising money for public...

I was referring to polls about support for new revenue tools, not support for the liberals. for now the liberals are in a minority position so it will be hard or impossible for them to do anything alone.

I like kathleen wynne, and I think the ndp and conservatives are dangerously stupid. unfortunately the liberals have pretty much exhausted their political capital, and based on recent polls the public is buying the snake oil. in order to implement any new revenue tools, wynne is going tp...

the interesting thing about the whole revenue tools debate is that most or all of them would be raised in the area that the money will be spent. I wonder if that idea could be finessed in order to push legislation through. if there were city by city or even ward by ward referendums, i suspect...

I assume, as you say, the margin is either too low or zero. However, that is something that the TTC can control - they need to make sure it is in the interest of vendors to actually carry and sell tickets.

The 7-11 in question is on the official list - 1169 St. Clair Ave. W. I just submitted a complaint about this on the link you provided.

I went to the cafe at Sunnyside once a decade ago and it was completely mediocre. Is that the only establishment on the Western waterfront? I do think the Grenadier Cafe, which people seem to like (though it has only 2.5 stars on Yelp) is run by the same group, though. To be fair, I think...

Digging up an old thread to complain about token availability again. 7-11 recently refused to sell me more than 5 tokens at once. This is on top of other annoyances I've experienced over the years - a convenience store that would sell me only one token despite obviously having more on hand...

Just because they removed the Yonge and Bloor streetcars doesn't mean they should have. I would certainly agree with keeping both King and Queen streetcars - a very high percentage of traffic around King and Queen is local and with all the development going on local traffic seems likely to increase.

I sometimes go to Canadian Tire instead of Home Hardware thinking that the greater selection at Canadian Tire will be worth the hassle. I always regret it. At the typical Home Hardware you can find someone knowledgeable to answer your question in a few seconds, and they will take the time to...