Recent content by allengeorge

I am disappointed with Mayor Chow on the road safety front, but…playing devil’s advocate, a bike-focused campaign isn’t the best way to solve this problem IMO. I think that the Mayor has to speak - in general - about the lack of enforcement, bad behavior, and how it’s putting everyone at risk...

Depending on your perspective, passing people in stalled cars or transit is the best advertising :) That said, I suspect (no proof) that Bikeshare probably cannibalizes rides from transit, rideshares and walkers as opposed to single-occupancy vehicles. I will try and see if there are any...

I’m truly surprised at this level of cost-cutting. Prevent future upgrades because of $7M? It’s understand if this were mid-to-high double digit millions, but this seems like a case of penny-wise, pound-foolish. Very interesting. I guess that makes sense? Outside of an LRT, BRT, and potential...

Spicy :p

Maybe more competent contractors. [cough] Sanscon [cough]

Lack of family-sized units seems to be a thing in high-demand cities - and probably for exactly the two reasons NL highlighted: 1. It’s expensive, since psf is high, and families would expect ~900-1000 square feet to not feel absolutely claustrophobic 2. Condos do not lend themselves to this...

E-bikes are a game-changer for micro mobility, and do quite a ways to alleviate the legitimate complaints about discomfort. I’m excited to see more roll out in Toronto via Bikeshare, and think there should be built-in chargers at the stations. E-bikes + Bikeshare + a safe (separated?) bike lane...

I don’t feel like Yonge and Bloor ever had a stabby vibe - at least not since the mid/late 90s. Am I too young to know otherwise?

I’ve never been to Melbourne - hope to, someday - but @reaperexpress has repeatedly pointed out how ridiculous our use of stop lights is, and how much it impacts car traffic, with questionable safety benefits. The tradeoff is just poor, and often political. The same goes for our placement of...

I’ll also simply express that in my ‘ideal’ Toronto, the vast majority of ‘short’ and daily-life trips (handwaving wildly) would take place using walking and biking, medium distance trips with transit and biking, and long distance trips with transit and cars. I think cars and trucks are a...

There’s going to be discomfort. No doubt about it. But there was going to be discomfort anyways - and that seems to be ignored in these conversations by those arguing for the status quo. As Toronto grows and we intensify along Avenues and main streets, traffic will be unbearable if we keep the...

It’s worthwhile to evaluate what we can do to get car traffic to flow smoother. Some ideas have been mentioned previously: removing stop lights, synchronizing lights, reconfiguring lanes etc. In other words, changes that can be made without ripping out bike lanes. It sounds like the city is...

Also, an opinion article in The Star about the continued exodus of long-time residents from Toronto: https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/living-in-toronto-has-become-such-a-grind-people-are-leaving-in-droves-can-you/article_42e2fb1a-394a-11ef-8d11-2fe89de56066.html The usual...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-ferry-purchase-approved-1.7252366 Not sure where to put this. Not much that’s new, except that the ferries will be built in Romania, and cost $92M vs. the 25M originally proposed (wow).

Yeah - air-gapping would make a lots of people’s jobs ridiculously harder. If you were annoyed about slowdowns before, imagine what would happen if you could only access email on a separate computer, and had to transfer things explicitly to a production computer/system. It’d be nutso. I suspect...