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I would add a few more countries visited, worked in and lived in and agree with you totally. It isn't that the TTC doesn't do a few things well nor that other systems in other lands don't have problems but when you weigh all factors together then the TTC is the worst public transport system...

Overall a good service the 192, both to and from the airport. But this is Toronto so: - The poor signage in the terminal can make it a challenge to get to it. If you are familiar with the airport, it's a slam dunk. - Usually no extra room on the bus for luggage, rarely the wheelchair...

My congratulations to the building trades in Toronto. Progress takes place every day. At one time it took a winter and frost heaves to get this slipshod and shabby look. Now we can lay it down this way. It's a bit like antiquing new furniture.

Indeed, Egypt was the host with games played in Alexandria, Ismailiya, Suez, Port Said as well as Cairo. Vote trading is very common in a number of international organizations. IOC is by no means unique. This is why it was double suicide to go at the same time for a Canadian city as venue...

I would say that any city that needs to pepper spray a visiting football squad to prevent it from meeting their fans still has a few rough edges. Incidentally, this year's FIFA Under-20s were held in Cairo which did a pretty good job as host - notwithstanding the mediocre standard of the...

Interesting issue of culture - the Four Seasons is Canada's first fully dedicated opera house. Where does that stack globally? No value judgement implied in question. .

This streetscape looks a lot like that of Johannesburg in the last days of apartheid. In fact, so much of central Toronto has that rundown, poorly maintained and dated look. Toronto has managed to acquire this look without a "civil war", social disorder and decades of sanctions. Shows what is...

We need to revel in what makes us unique. I think the slanting wooden poles covered with rusty staples qualify. I have never seen anything like it in any city in the world. The patched sidewalks certainly are world class in Toronto. The lack of lighting on our public buildings is quite...

Is there no one with a photo from the last two weeks? Do I have to come back to Toronto to see what is happening here? Please, step up to the plate UT. .

One has to believe Chicago did not have the right strategy for getting out the votes - hard to believe that Chicago could not do this but global IOC politics is very different from Chicago ward politics. It was clear that the battle would be between Rio and Chicago but it was just as clear...

Agreed - chalk and cheese. For those with an interest in the politics of sport, watching the four individual city presentations for the 2016 Olympics from Copenhagen on Friday would be an important occasion. Given that the four cities will be represented by two presidents, a prime minister...

Well aware that most UT types have limited desire in seeing international games in Toronto but for those who have an interest in these events there is a good website that has been covering games bids for the last ten years. In addition to the Olympics, this site seems to have decent...

My understanding on recent LGA restrictions is not the most solid, i.e. what I was told by an AA cabin crew in a TO bar, but it seems to tie in with the ease of getting through LGA recently. The problems in LGA are both terminal and runway. The longest delays I have had have been sitting on...

I suspect LGA will be a tough one for Porter to secure landing slots or gates, even with the current reduced demand. I understand that there are now also some restrictions on the number of flights allowed to operate into it. HPN should be "doable" in terms of airport capacity and is actually...

Then again, why not learn from others? The issues being faced in Toronto are not without precedent in other cities. Why does everything have to be unique and made in Canada/Toronto particularly when the national tagline seems to be "Go for Bronze!!" .

We could use a little chicago An interesting piece in the view it provides of how another large city is preparing for an Olympic bid. Realizing that TO is not bidding for anything like the Olympics, it is interesting to see the general upbeat news emerging on Chicago in contrast to the pitiful...

So true. I have been lucky enough to have been to a few Olympics over the years. Athens suffered from the continuing barrage of "bad" news before the event. The media had no end of stories on how the facilities and infrastructure would not be ready, how the organization would be...

Amazing how fast things can move when one want's to In the evening of the second day .... .

Going up Going up. . .

But think of the discussion threads on Urban Toronto that this event will produce. The future is here!!!!! Also why do so many posters assume that because they have a certain view, as strongly held as it may be, this is also the opinion that a region of 5 million people will collectively...