steveintoronto
Superstar
The point is made as it pertains to the King Project: Many Cdns presume railed vehicle must operate as the slowest of speeds, because they're not given priority. There's lots of rail in and around Toronto. Just look at the map, Toronto is very well served by radially converging lines into the core, as well as two crosstown ones. The same for streetcar routes (and the Crosstown LRT one being built), but try and get the heritage streetcar routes moving at a suitable speed, and every excuse possible is made to stymie that.
The almighty automobile rules more in this city than almost any other in North Am. All the US ones that used to be ruled by the car are well ahead of us, even LA. It's not a case of a "war on cars". It's a case of undoing the "war on pedestrians, cyclists and transit". And the King Street Project is a rabid microcosm of that. As an avid cyclist, I'm more than willing to forgo cycling on King to allow it to become a 'transit corridor'. So why can't drivers?
The almighty automobile rules more in this city than almost any other in North Am. All the US ones that used to be ruled by the car are well ahead of us, even LA. It's not a case of a "war on cars". It's a case of undoing the "war on pedestrians, cyclists and transit". And the King Street Project is a rabid microcosm of that. As an avid cyclist, I'm more than willing to forgo cycling on King to allow it to become a 'transit corridor'. So why can't drivers?
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