Skeezix said:
Sounds like an awesomely ideal commute to me.
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A 20 minute walk, downhill. As long as you're able-bodied, it's pretty sweet, except in those slushy days from January to mid March. Once you're at Dundas, can duck into the PATH for a slightly longer, but climate-controlled walk. A project like this, as offensive as it is, will have a minimal impact on the subway during peak hours.

This doesn't take away from the impact of Yonge Street hyper-densification on electric and water infrastructure, or concerns about heritage, healthy retail mix, or other street-level effects.
 
ShonTron said:
[...] except in those slushy days from January to mid March [...]
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Maybe I feel this way because I'm from Ottawa, but Torontonians whine too much about winter and don't really have a clue. Buck up, folks.

ShonTron said:
[...] This doesn't take away from the impact of Yonge Street hyper-densification on electric and water infrastructure, or concerns about heritage, healthy retail mix, or other street-level effects.
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Agreed.
 
Skeezix said:
Maybe I feel this way because I'm from Ottawa, but Torontonians whine too much about winter and don't really have a clue. Buck up, folks.
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We do a terrible job of clearing the snow and slush from our sidewalks and especially at intersections. The pools of water at so many of our corners is one thing I hate about winter in Toronto. Not the cold, but the slush.
 
ShonTron said:
We do a terrible job of clearing the snow and slush from our sidewalks and especially at intersections. The pools of water at so many of our corners is one thing I hate about winter in Toronto. Not the cold, but the slush.
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People use far too much salt here as well. It's hell on shoes and pants, as well as infrastructure and vehicles.
 
Skeezix said:
Sounds like an awesomely ideal commute to me.
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To each their own. I can think of better things then walking home after a long day of work in a massive crowd with everyone doing their own things.

To add: I'll gladly take the old of Ottawa over the freezing. slushy show we get here too.
 
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Good for you if that's how you want convince yourself. I didn't care for it the years I did it. That was before smart phones and thousands of fewer people. There's nothing vibrant about being stuck behind a slowpoke or tripping over someone who has stopped on a dime for whatever reason in the middle of the sidewalk. This is just compounded by the text'rs and app'rs all wearing noise blocking headphones and not paying any attention.
 
It's a commute that most people in this city would die for. But to each their own.

I too prefer an Ottawa winter, except for the fact that some years in Toronto we get visible signs of spring earlier than in Ottawa.
 
I know it's almost a running joke, but in Ottawa and Montreal, it's a colder winter but it's also a dry winter. It's the first thing I noticed about moving to back to the GTA after a decade in Ottawa - it's much damper here. Goes into your bones more.
 
It might just be me, but I also find it greyer here during the winter. That might be a reflection of the damp.

Plus, as I noted above, there is also the incessant whining here. Stiff upper lips, people! ;)
 
No, I think you're right. More blue-sky days in Ottawa on average, methinks. Anyway, back to da topic at hand.

Hard to believe how transformed Yonge is going to be in just a handful of years.
 
Lenser said:
No, I think you're right. More blue-sky days in Ottawa on average, methinks.
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You'd be right.

Average % possible sunshine hours for December/January/February (Environment Canada data):
Toronto - 28.0/29.7/37.7
Ottawa - 30.3/35.5/44.9

Sorry to continue the tangent, I thought it was noteworthy for broader planning knowledge.
 
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