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Any third party contractor hired for bike lane removal work should face a full-scale public backlash the same as we have against the government itself. Name and shame them, investigate all public records related to them. It is not an apolitical job, and that should be a deciding factor in...

After sitting with it for a couple daysI think that, despite the number of syllables, Ookwemin Minising rolls off the tongue better than, say, Liberty Village or Upper Beaches. It'll be fine.

I mean, we're already doing that for the Ontario Line. Precedent! But significant land use in high demand areas should always be constantly reexamined, weighing what exists currently, what came before and what demand trends are for the future. Today's business folk shouldn't inherently have...

Last paragraph of that CBC story: We can't enforce our way out of this crisis.

It appears like 4A and 4B/4C will somewhat match.

From what I gather, I don't think anyone living in buildings within the Phase 5 footprint have been relocated yet so I don't imagine we'll see those demolitions within the next year. That said, Phase 4 is the smallest phase and it's a new developer now so I'm not sure how much we can rely on...

Maybe I just live in a neighbourhood that's seen far too much pedestrian carnage at the hands of drivers, but whenever I see bumper to bumper congestion I'm inclined to think, "well, at least they can't speed recklessly".

There is something fundamentally human about using our environmental surroundings as a canvas for expression, be it freight trains, cave walls, new bridges, or renaturalized flood plains we convert into park space. It's all vandalism in some regard. I think our efforts are better spent...

Early this morning, before the machines could start up.

I've always hated Rebel/Sound Academy but I will fight like hell for its right to exist. If we're going to celebrate our Music City status, we need live music venues in close proximity to where people live. Axis and History prove it's possible. Plus, Rebel was a certain Bridle Path rapper's...

Can confirm, it takes a fairly thick layer of snow for that field to not be in use everyday.

Maintaining it hasn't exactly been cheap either. Every penny spent tearing it down is a penny saved in the long run.

Worth noting that when we talk about affordable units in Regent Park, we're talking about TCHC buildings not market rate condos. The condos are most certainly not affordable housing, regardless of how much cheaper they were at one time. The best part of the Regent revitalization is that many...

This settlement crack along all the granite pavers is a real shame. I would hope this is being addressed, but photos in the thread from last year show it had already formed then. Photo taken June 15.

While I suspect some others in the neighbourhood will push back on this, I like it. And while I agree the original facade isn't all that remarkable, it is inherently better than a 12-foot glass wall that we so often get with new builds. I'd keep the facade just to safeguard against that alone.

Regarding Dundas from Parliament to River, I'd emailed the constituent office about the bike lanes being made permanent, and how upcoming TTC diversions will impact that work. I was forwarded this response from Becky Katz:

For me it was an unfortunate fusion of front tire and streetcar track that took me down (sans helmet) and changed my usage pattern. I thought I had mastered the art of safely crossing tracks, but a bit of rain and trying to cross from a stopped position without forward momentum (making a left...

I passed through last night. There was a particularly busy event taking place at Rebel, with cars backed-up all along Polson in both directions (and hundreds of people arriving on foot or via TTC). Any traffic that was heading further south was stuck in the queue of vehicles waiting to turn...

Yeah, there's certainly a lot of width to work with for the permanent design and I'm very curious to see what is proposed. As much as I love wide bike lanes, they shouldn't be as inviting to cars as they are now. I'd especially like to see some allowance for better cyclist left turn...

I live here, and very much welcome the congestion compared to the speedway with optional red lights as it was before the bike lanes. I've had 4 close calls crossing at the light as a pedestrian. A neighbour was killed mid-afternoon two years ago. It was BAD. However, that's not to say the...