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it is hardly "half full", most like 20% full of peak. During the weekends, I am always guaranteed a seat traveling from Queen to St Clair. West bound BD during PM peak hours is more like "half full" - I often can grab a seat connecting at Bloor/Yonge, and it is never too crowded.

Why do you think an average person drives during the weekend and don't use transit? It is still a lot more convenient and probably cheaper to take transit when they come to downtown. And that $12.5 is probably worth it. I think what they should do is to to scrap monthly passes and put a...

7 years ago: 15 minutes on foot. Past five years: 7 minutes on foot (almost 100% PATH if I choose to). Simply don't want the TTC to reduce my QoL.

On the cost side, I wonder how competitive is UP compared with Uber (not taxi)? I went to YYZ the other day and it was too early and UP didn't start operating. So I used Uber, which cost $29 from a downtown location ($9 after the first timer rebate), with the convenience of the car waiting at...

Please do some research on how much those workers make versus cost of living in the city before using inflammatory words like "slave labour", OK? Don't let it be a knee jerk reaction. You probably know very little about China in the first place. Like said, give credit when it is due. The fact...

The Maglev in Shanghai doesn't depart from downtown, but rather in an outlaying area, more like Dundas West station in Toronto. Considering the size of Shanghai, the Maglev is not that practical or useful for most people. Very few people would be heading to Longyang Road as their destination -...

I understand for sure, but that's irrelevant. I expressed my opinions about projects in the city I partly pay for, and you expressed yours. I don't think I need to consider your feeling before making comments on this forum - you obviously didn't consider mine. Ruin every thread? If you consider...

Both Canada and US are large countries with many different places. Comparing the cities is way more meaningful than vaguely talking about Canada vs. US in general, and I didn't even imply one is better than the other. Not sure why your ego is so badly hurt so easily. Given a chance, most people...

the point is, most Torontonians don't care how the waterfront looks like, or what downtown looks like in general, or what greater use the land could be of if the expressway is removed, or the cost-benefit of the two options. For a typical suburbanite, all they care about is whether they can get...

Expected this result from day 1 of this farce. Toronto simply doesn't have the guts to do something slightly big - the smaller the change, the safer. This is why the city looks like what it does today, and it is reflected in each aspect of city building.

I am not denying the things you say, but those livability rankings don't consider jobs, economics, housing market etc. at all. Economics and jobs are not that fantastic in Montreal or Vancouver, but they made to the top of the list as well. For example, San Francisco and Boston have solid...

I work in the Eaton Centre, and took some flights right after work a few times. It takes 65-70 minutes by TTC. If I take a train to Union then UPx, it would take about 50-55 minutes (15-20 minutes to get to the terminal, 5-10 minutes waiting, 25 minutes ride).

Toronto's high ranking among livable cities is more a result of the fact it is located in Canada (education and healthcare, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary are high too) than something the city did right, especially in terms the public realm or transportation. And those rankings don't consider...

I actually have been to Nice and this is promenade of Anglais. If only QQ buildings look like that.

Rio has a per capita GDP of $12000 (about 1/3 of Toronto's). No matter how "developed" you think it is, it is still much poorer than Toronto. And Rio has enough of favela. It is not exactly a wealthy and advanced city in most aspects (GDP, income, HDI etc.). But sure, I am ignorant and...

Retail and dining options will be very limited even in the future. Look at the streets, where will they put those shops and restaurants? At the base of the condos? No sizeable retail is possible maybe small burger and hotdog place that we have quite a lot already. Full sized eat in restaurants...

First Brazil is a developing country. I thought Canada could do better? And two, those buildings while uninspiring, don't feel as overwhelming as the Harbour Square condos, and more importantly, none of them are located on the water side of the street (if I am not mistaken). The biggest mistake...

of course I meant architectural wise as a response to a previous post. I am glad a lot of improvement has been made on the waterfront, but it has not been ambitious enough. Toronto should really think bigger, aiming higher. Given the current configuration as well as projects done, I am sure...

waterfront is a lost cause. The only hope probably exist east of Yonge st, which fortunately was neglected by the city and developers all these years. Between Yonge and Spadina, nah, too many ugly buildings already, hard to save. I mean south of the Gardiner, we have Westin hotel, Residences...

Thank Gawd! I can't imagine living without the beautiful Redpath!