Also, the fact that large chains are universal in being some of the worst jobs, both in pay and in working conditions.

What I meant to say is that the MTO makes a bad situation (all interchanges) worse.

It's literally the MTO, the Ministry for Cars and Trucks and Sometimes Buses (but only because we have to). Highway interchanges are universally awful for pedestrians. The Gardiner/Lakeshore interface is probably the worst pedestrian experience (it's an experience alright) downtown.

These LEED certifications are ridiculous. Focus on the details, but lose sight of the big picture. A parking garage isn't environmentally friendly, no matter how many native plants you use or how many LED lights you have.

Wikipedia claims (source is an MTO map that is who-knows-where) 1994.

Drive-thrus are miserable. So are eat-ins, why go to a fast food place at all? From an urban planning standpoint, drive-thrus are the worst. They encourage people to stay in their little cocoon, and fast-food places neglect their walking environment (even if it's just from the parking lot to...

I think they would rather give the entire 115 a new name. The 407 name has a negative stigma due to its tolled status. They are also probably the most heavily used sections of I-90.

Who is surprised that it won't be done by year's end? Apparently these people.

Interesting thought. If I were in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Tatarstan, Chechnya, Dagestan, or any of the other regions with separatist movements, now would be a good time to start sabotaging Russian institutions - and the aftermath of the war, a good time to declare independence. Especially now...

So far it just says "maximum temperature". I'm not familiar with the current minimum temperature requirement in the winter, but I assume that any AC requirements will be similar to that. I hope not, with the heat we've been getting. Probably, but when they move out, the landlord will probably...

Shades of the Beaverton ... https://www.thebeaverton.com/2022/08/grocery-store-that-fixed-price-of-bread-denies-fixing-price-of-everything-else/

A future train service to Collingwood with potential extensions to Wasaga and Blue Mountain is a good idea, but the money isn't there while we're spending billions on RER. This is an excellent corridor to preserve (my apologies to Urban Sky), but parts of it have already been picked apart in...

The best place for commuter rail is in Toronto and surrounding areas. Other areas like Ottawa and London don't need (and shouldn't have) commuter rail. I agree that a provincially funded bus service across southern Ontario should have been implemented yesterday. 3. LOL

If you're going to spend the money and public effort on building tunnels and stations, you might as well make it public transport. The Loop and its thinking will prevent a true high-capacity transit system in Las Vegas from being built for a generation (the Strip seems like a very good choice of...

"The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine cannot establish the cause of the fire but once again recalls the rules of fire safety and the prohibition of smoking in unspecified places." LOL

SSP says that the police offered to do security, and they agreed. They cancelled, saying that they could do it themselves. They couldn't ...

Look forward to the construction progress. How much longer do you plan to live? Add another century to that.

In the context of ECLRT, the area between Kennedy and Pharmacy is a sea of post-industrial zones and box stores. Residential neighborhoods already have a long walk to get to the LRT, so most walk-on ridership should be coming from redevelopment. The closest stop spacing is along the Golden Mile...

If we're going to go that way, the whole thing is made irrelevant, because most passengers are using buses to get to stations.

The point being that you can't make every accommodation for people with mobility issues. Ultimately, a parallel local service is not a huge deal in the grand scheme of things, since there will be such service west of Science Centre anyways. You're literally arguing that a $5.5 billion (without...