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Hmmm yeah Gil's platform sounds more and more like empty talk the deeper you dig. If he genuinely thinks he'll become dictator of Toronto after being elected and get to disband city council, then it might just be him being delusional. But assuming he's been around the block it just seems like...

Thanks for the info.

Have there been any successful injury lawsuits against Toronto Parks in the last few years?

Is this a cross section of a tunnel near Niagara Falls? What's the relation to the Crosstown's underground environment?

How much parking is usually allocated to office space? 1 per 100 m2?

Since it's already been discussed that singling out parking spaces will likely require more complex procedures and legal basis then a simple hike in property tax rates, I won't rewrite it here.

The records of the judgements of the Courts of Ontario are publicly available. No one has to take my word for it. In very few cases of any kind does the court express agreement that the government has the authority to punish, after the fact, an activity or decision they mandated in the first place.

The city probably doesn't have the legal authority to force it though, in other words even if it were passed through city council the courts would block it. @Rainforest is probably right that those owners who were forced to include parking spaces have a strong legal argument against the...

Taxing parking won't actually help congestion, in fact it might worsen it. For example, more folks dropping off and picking up will simply circle around the block instead of paying for parking.

London seems to be doing fine with an even larger of streets from all directions, whereas we have the lake as the southern boundary. How will any business suffer? The total number of customers will at the very least remain the same, and probably increase, as everyone will move around faster.

I never claimed they had exclusive say over it? This seems to be refuting a point invented by yourself. It's clear that Queen's Park can block it indefinitely if they really wanted to.

That's true yet there's also the cost of political and bureaucratic battles to be factored in. If it takes 100 senior folks spending half their year to ram through a decision, that's easily 250K x 100 x 0.5 in fully loaded salaries alone. Or $12.5 million for one decision. And as you alluded...

Well this conversation seems to pretty much explains everything. As incentives drive behaviour and the main TTC union has roughly zero incentive to respond to customer feedback or increase satisfaction. And there's no feasible way for the union to ever be punished, even if they are the direct...

The city has much less say regarding GO. It's nearly entirely up to the Province. Convincing a majority of MPPs for any further changes to GO is a significantly more politically challenging task. The city does however have a big say in a potential downtown congestion pricing system. And it's...

I edited my comment a bit so I will highlight it here: In this sense, even in the extreme case that the GO network stops tomorrow, its main purpose will then serve as a tax on activities generating negative externalities and fund activities generating positive externalities. So whether or not...

The rationale for the congestion pricing system rests mostly on its merits. As the revenue from it will be able to offset costs elsewhere, allowing for more transit, housing, parks, etc. If a lot of commuters are forced to enter the zone, because of issues with the GO network, that would mean...

Thanks, that is interesting to know, glad to see there's some interested in it.

Thanks, but wow last post 5.5 years ago. Didn't realize it's been that long since it was last brought up.

Please merge if there's a thread already elsewhere. There's been some talk in the news recently regarding a possible downtown congestion pricing system. So I'm posting this thread for discussions relating to how it could be organized, the expected benefits and drawbacks, pricing, effects on...

The arch motif is fun and makes good use of proximity to the GO station. I wonder how long the approvals process will take.