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Currently this plaza is dominated by a huge Korean superstore (groceries, cafe, appliances, etc), if that helps -- nearby plazas are mostly Korean and Persian restaurants/groceries/specialties with side-helpings of Chinese restaurants, Red Lobster, Nino D'Aversa. No telling whether the...

Do you think that the Pan Am committee thinks of Toronto as more big or more major than Rio? And do you think that those members of the committee from Latin America, where the Pan Am Games are a huge eventm, think of it as a 'small' sporting event? Because I am thinking no. Well, do you...

Given local travel patterns, have you considered a subway extension to Cummer, with reserved bus lanes between Cummer and Clark, and an Edmonton-style LRT between Clark and 7? This could then connect with a more long-haul commuter-oriented big-bus system at 7 heading north to 16th, which would...

And especially since there will be more stations which will be more accessible. Small nit, though -- not a 45 minute commute to downtown; a 45 minute to Union. For the majority who are not going to Union, less than 45 minutes. For those heading to hubs at nearby NYCentre or midtown Eglinton...

Really? I do Clark to Finch daily. Clark to Steeles is congested -- and often gets less so after Steeles, notwithstanding all the extra construction and so forth which congests the southern leg. There are more buses on the southern leg, though. I have no clue as to cost, but don't all of...

It has been repeatedly asserted that Yonge-Bloor is overcrowded and that a DRL will fix that. So the Yonge Extension is clearly not a trigger for rebuilding Yonge-Bloor -- it's a necessary spend irrespective of the Yonge Extension. So a Yonge-Bloor rebuild can't be part of the Yonge Extension...

I didn't understand your point, either. Are you trying to say that the Yonge Extension will have little effect on Yonge Street bus traffic? How could his post prove anything about the nature of the selection process? Did it reveal secret historical truths about who was considering what...

Presumably they think that people who don't get on the bus will take private cars, the displacement of which they perhaps think is one of public transit's purposes -- who knows.

I pretty much agree, although I think you're overstating things slightly. (In English we usually say "the Americas" -- by "America" we usually mean the U.S.) And this is what we need to kick-start the process. I envision Luminato having an Americas theme and TIFF's "City to City" program...

... and, obviously, they have, though you can get a different answer by narrowing to the Summer Olympics.

I don't understand. Do you really think that the prestige and success of the Olympics is due to the populations or world standing of the cities that host it? Yes, you're right that, if you isolate it down to the Summer Games, the host cities have been larger ones, at least if you take metro...

You did not read very carefully, Logan. I was not comparing the Olympics to the Pan Am games. I was pointing out that judging the importance of Games by the size of the city hosting them is silly, since very small cities have hosted the Olympics. Can you see how these things are different?

Wouldn't fare integration be a better solution?

If you're old enough, you might even have no recollection of them hosting it twice. :D

That would, I think, depend on which station pairs you are comparing. If the outer 416 bus service to your GO stop only runs every half hour in rush hour, then it is far poorer than the inner 905 bus service to mine. EDIT: just realized that you are probably talking about a 905 service. In...

I think that expending effort to build demand for a product is usually referred to as "marketing". PanAm Games were once a major event in Canada. They are still huge in Latin America. They are a pretty good product -- if you like Jamaican track, Brazilian soccer, Cuban baseball, Argentinian...