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Why are we in this housing crisis? When you add more people in the metaphorical game of musical chairs but not any more chairs what do you expect to happen? There will be a lot more losers, and who is in control of adding people to the game. The answer is simple and most likely it would get you...

It would be nice if you could actually respond to what I was saying rather than the condescending hostile reply you just gave. I was responding to what the actual traffic engineer (which I presume he is with the terminology he uses) said in regards to this. You said absolutely nothing to help...

What you are proposing as I understand is for pedestrians in a semi-actuated signal is for the green/don’t walk “rest” on the main road to instantly change to amber on the push of the pedestrian call button? I always thought that “rest”, which you often see in suburbia, was for a dedicated time...

Sure, go ahead, eliminate what little “culture” we have in the city and replace it with more soulless buildings. Ironically, these newer developments, such as Liberty Village or CityPlace have the same kind of problem as suburbia. You may have seen my post on Reddit (with the same username) a...

Nice bait with “downtown expressway” On I-95, where this happened was at exit 30, the main downtown exit which I’d argue is accessible via I-676 is at exit 22, this is 8 miles or roughly 13km. If we use the York/Bay/Yonge ramp on the Gardiner, that’s exit 154, 13km upstream from that point is...

I've always thought Hwy 413 is misunderstood for what appears to be its actual purpose. All of us know Hwy 401 is very busy, but many seem to forget that many Hwy 401 trips will pass through the GTA, let's say from Exit 320 (Hwy 25) to Exit 418 (Harmony Road) and not actually end in the GTA. The...

While the idea itself may seem “wacky”, I didn’t necessarily think it was bad based on a few concepts. Grade separation, we all know that extending the subway to Major Mackenzie would be insanely expensive (it may be hard to fathom but from the current terminus in Vaughan, an extension to Major...

Heh, a rollercoaster to Wonderland would be one heck of a long rollercoaster. I know we are joking, but how would it work, would we start either end of the line with a lift hill? And then have a roller coaster high above the streets of Vaughan? Obviously a real ride would need multiple lift...

What I was mentioning more of, is Cedar Fair selling to the developers and just leaving the market altogether (which is presumably what is going to happen with California’s Great America in Silicon Valley) In other words, selling and getting out of dodge.

In the case of just looking at Wonderland here, it's difficult to understand the future of that site. Cedar Fair out in SF sold off the land recently where their park California's Great America sits, which presumably the park would close shortly after. I know the situation is somewhat apples...

Well if the goal of Chuck Marohn is to destroy the suburbs, it will require an iron fist attitude by government to make it happen. Anyone who believes that is hardly a conservative. What I would consider a stroad and it seems it’s what he has in mind, is a kind of commercial strip (not...

Can I ask what exactly is meant by “four-corners” in your post? I’ve often heard that the intersection of Queen and Main in Brampton is the Four Corners, and also is noteworthy of there being a bank on each corner. (at least traditionally) Brampton’s library close to here is called the Four...

Ok, I see we have to bring the unrelated personal hatred of the automobile into this. First, since you’re quoting Not Just Bikes, Countryside more follows his definition of a road than a “stroad” which I’ve only ever heard him use. The only businesses really on countryside are those at the...

So basically, if I understand this, Brampton, (and I mean the boundaries on that map) Port Credit, and Streetsville were separated municipalities from their respective townships. In Mississauga, I presume that Malton and Clarkson had significant weight in their days as “hamlets”, as they still...

I don’t know what to say about all of this. This whole thing is incredibly stupid, and I’m not sure exactly why the Crombie is so happy. Just her arrogance alone on the matter makes me want to avoid buying anything in Mississauga right now. Speaking of which, I’d bet the average person, that is...

I do wonder when thinking back to the Nintendo and Lego pods, exactly what the deal was for them. To my memory, these two pods were glorified showrooms and they didn't sell any products from either brand. On top of that, admission into the Ontario Place grounds during this time period was free...

If Ontario Place were naked, what was on the West Island and East Island before the later "attractions". If there were no Children's Village at all, what else was going on with the islands? Were there educational exhibits in buildings or was it more like an restaurant or exhibitor space more...

Glad I could help you. I was just wondering, do you know what year you visited the Nintendo Power Pod? If Mario Paint was brand new, that puts you at 1992, but even so, the area opposite where you entered the space as late as 1995 had a bunch of Mario Paint “workstations”. I never visited OP...

There’s a few missing links in my mind and why I think it was the middle pod, with Lego being the furthest east. My first ever experience with Ontario Place and you might find this strange was a school field trip in Grade 2 to visit both Casa Loma and then Ontario Place’s LEGO Discovery Centre...

Thank you so much for posting this. The video is taken at some points during 1996, a rather big year for Nintendo and the video game industry in general, as it was a large jump forward in game technology, and the fact the host calls it the “Ultra 64”, the prerelease name for the N64. What I was...