drum118
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I find this odd for this site to make the top of the list and the only Canadian city on the list
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nfitz
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There's 3 other locations in Toronto shown there.
Looks like some clickbait/self nominated website. Though I don't see the relevance to the TTC, given it's primarily about roads and parking spaces.
drum118
Superstar
I guess TTC doesn't count for getting commuters to this site??
I miss those other sites as I was doing a quick review.
There are a number of places in Toronto that rank higher from my point of view for Toronto than 111 Gordon Baker, even for cars only.
No idea what they used to rank these sites, but Yorkdale should have rank over 111 Gordon since its next to the 401, Allen Expressway and other major roads, let alone TTC.
DSC
Superstar
Why waste your (and our) time on this clearly click-bait site?
nfitz
Superstar
Who cares? It's not about transit - seems to target people who drive to work. It's one of those BS websites that's only purpose is to get gullible people to click on things.
Why are you enabling them?
DSC
Superstar
I was walking along New Cherry and Commissioners Street on Friday - the TTC has (as one expects) been somewhat tardy with putting up proper STOP signage. for 72 bus. They managed paper signs, so I guess maybe better than we might have had. There are also no shelters but these are erected by Astral (not TTC ) and WT were certainly working on sidewalks right up to last week so probably impossible to get them in place for a few months.
crs1026
Superstar
It seems to have flown under the radar - but for those not in the enthusiast grapevine, Ted Wickson passed away recently. His obit here.
www.arbormemorial.ca
If you have digested images or data about the history of the TTC, your paper trail probably crossed Ted's. His contribution to knowledge and memory of the TTC - and its public face - was enormous.
- Paul
Edward Arthur Wickson | Obituary | Sharing Memories
If you have digested images or data about the history of the TTC, your paper trail probably crossed Ted's. His contribution to knowledge and memory of the TTC - and its public face - was enormous.
- Paul
Metroscapes
Active Member
For those interested, Yellow Creek used to flow through there (the same creek you can find nearby in the Vale of Avoca). It is now buried upstream of Mt Pleasant Cemetery. More information and pics here and here.
chrisw
Active Member
EX11.8 - RapidTO: Surface Transit Network Plan
T3G
Senior Member
A nice idea, but not nearly wide reaching enough for me. Every single suburban stroad with a TTC line should have bus lanes as an absolute bare minimum.
The timeframe is also agonizing. 2-3 years so every self proclaimed jilted special interest group can cry about how having good bus transit will make their disgusting suburban hell unlivable and probably end up blocking the project altogether? There is no reason this should take more than 6 weeks to implement city wide. Other than the impotency of the modern political process, of course.
The timeframe is also agonizing. 2-3 years so every self proclaimed jilted special interest group can cry about how having good bus transit will make their disgusting suburban hell unlivable and probably end up blocking the project altogether? There is no reason this should take more than 6 weeks to implement city wide. Other than the impotency of the modern political process, of course.
chrisw
Active Member
"Paint is cheap, consultation is expensive."
Some excerpts from Jedwin Mok.
Some excerpts from Jedwin Mok.
PL1
Active Member
Hopefully it won't take 2-3 years to give priority signals to transit. Such a study to change the road configuration seems a bit more reasonable.
(Edit to remove doubled word)
(Edit to remove doubled word)
Northern Light
Superstar
The consultation here has been bloated to say the least.
That said, part of the problem is too many suspect solutions (queue jump lanes); instead of focusing on basics such as managing service, better bus design, all-door loading, no cash fares on buses, fare validation in bus interiors, so people don't block doors fumbling for cards, tighter route times, less crowded vehicles by employing better and more precise loading standards, (number of seats expected to be occupied expressed as a percentage of capacity), along with fewer stops, and fewer traffic lights.
That, and obstructing left turns that are at uncontrolled intersections (no lights etc.) so that buses/streetcars don't generally get caught behind a left-turning vehicle, particularly on high volume routes and/or at locations that become a frequent issue.
By contrast, we see too many ideas that are either of the do-next-to-nothing variety, or alternatively require major reconstruction of the road and millions or tens of millions of dollars.
allengeorge
Senior Member
@Northern Light do you have a sense of why, institutionally, none of the above approaches was considered? Is it too hard to force procedure changes within the TTC? Will politicians balk at remove stops? Will transportation balk at removing lights and removing uncontrolled lefts?
It’s surprising that none of the above were even listed.
It’s surprising that none of the above were even listed.
DSC
Superstar
Take a deep dive on Steve Munro's site (or even a shallow one) and it is clear that, though the TTC always blames 'external forces' like road conditions and construction for delays, the best and cheapest way to fix a LOT of what is wrong with the TTC is having them do their job properly and make an effort to properly manage routes.