Recent content by junctionist

Montreal has multiple pedestrianized streets in the summer and many streets with an outstanding public realm. Here, we can't make things click. A delivery truck can be driven safely through a pedestrian zone without problems. Most drivers can safely share the same space with pedestrians. It...

Yes, the rule is that you're supposed to tap on when getting on every surface vehicle, but the two-hour transfer can be calculated using the time of the original tap. The rule seems like it was merely meant to give the bus or streetcar driver the ability to enforce fares (as was the practice...

Maybe you’re seeing people who already tapped elsewhere? When Tory was in power, there were random stabbings on the TTC. It’s a lot better today, but there’s a lot of work to be done to get homeless people from sheltering on transit. The situation could easily be improved with better...

We need more anti-drug and anti-gambling education campaigns. These activities ruin people's lives and cause so much damage to our cities. People shouldn't be criminalized for possessing drugs. But at the same time, drug use should be strongly discouraged and never glorified.

It feels like there was an executive order at some point during Ford's time in office to Metrolinx: "Don't ever go around a tree. Cut it down. Transit is more important! Only bleeding heart liberals care about trees! All they do is cause delays!"

If soil contamination is to blame for odours decades after the demolition of the facility, then that would potentially be an extremely contaminated property. I wonder if it would be comparable to an EPA Superfund site. Also, would it be leaching into Lake Ontario?

Potential buyers were probably turned off by the lack of clocktowers or clock retail options in the project.

Despite the fact that St. Clair Avenue West isn't pretty here with the used car lots and mechanics' garages, this area is quite interesting and surprisingly walkable. It kind of feels like a slice of Old Toronto (e.g. Little Portugal) before seemingly every neighbourhood gentrified. There's a...

Indeed they will be. That plant produced a plume of toxic pollution that impeded high-rise development in the surrounding area and depressed property values. With that said, it's sad that the building was torn down. It was actually an interesting Victorian or early 20th-century industrial...

This station is attractive and looks to have been well built. The GO connection is going to be amazing, especially with fare integration. It's just unfortunate that it meets the street awkwardly. The neighbourhood to the south was like an afterthought to the planners. There are no south-side...

Couldn't they have finished that cinderblock mechanical room on the roof or even painted it? "No one will see it!" the builder might have said dismissively at the suggestion. Well, clearly we can see it, and it looks cheap.

Many land owners look to inflate the value of their holdings for business reasons (e.g. to use as collateral for other projects). However, there seem to be people involved here who want to build here. They see that the area isn't going to be industrial anymore. They see the coming arrival of the...

‘Not having money’ means that they didn’t want to be bothered to preserve it. It’s actually really sad that our regional transportation authority, Metrolinx, couldn’t have been bothered to keep a part of a historically significant predecessor’s history alive by preserving the transformer house...

It's always a head scratcher to hear people talk about how Yonge has so much traffic downtown and then to see it outside of rush hour with about as many cars as minor side streets between Queen and Bloor. Yet the sidewalks remain crowded throughout the day. Yonge doesn't have much traffic most...

Filling up Hamilton's older neighbourhoods with low-rent housing, shelters, and half-way houses has been great for the downtown so far. More please.