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We seem to be constantly going around in circles, so I'm not sure how much I can engage on this topic as what's the point of dealing with stubborness. Structures, especially institutional structures built during that period in the 1970s are seen to most people as hideous, what we know as...

But taking the longer way isn't necessarily the parents want to do either. Especially my father, he was always adamant on getting places quickly. Heck, I was more of the explorer that you describe, I didn't even drive across Eastport Drive across Burlington Bay until I could drive myself. I was...

The thing that gets me is why do you think my time growing up was that much different from your time growing up.......it seems you mentioned my liking of Nintendo Power Pod as being problematic, but I mentioned this because I have always had a liking for video games (not so much now) but you get...

It seems for whatever reason, after catching up on this discussion nearly a year later, that Adma seems to have a certain distaste for the theme park industry and entertainment destinations in particular. To make it clear, like it or not, no one was playing in the Forum when Wonderland built...

Not sure if you know, but on a related note, in the case of the systems interchanges where provincial freeway meets municipal freeeway as in DVP/404/401, FGG/QEW/427, and 401/Allen Who actually is responsible for the ramps in the interchanges? I’m particularly interested in the 401/Allen...

I am a roadgeek by nature, I know that is often in contention with many ideals of people on the site, but basically, I'm quite aware of the history of Ontario's freeways. To begin, I will exclusively use the word "freeway" to describe a road that has at least two lanes in each direction, is...

I’ve lived in Brampton all my life, so I can speak when road systems changed. I don’t care what your credentials are, reaper, but you’ve shown your true colours now. Induced demand I will simply say is hogwash. Everyone seems to forget that cities GROW, which happened quick in Brampton due to...

That interpretation of the yellow conforms to how the law works as I said in New York, you can legally proceed through the yellow at any point. Proceeding beyond the stop line before the light turns red would be illegal under the law. 15) Every driver approaching a traffic control signal...

Nowhere did I say that I am ignoring the RYG traffic signal when I saw the white light of the walk signal, what I said is that I don't have to fear being caught in a dilemma zone if that is seen. Universal Truth #2 is busted, but currently nowhere to my knowledge in Ontario sets up hand flashes...

I think I was somewhat misunderstood in the point I was trying to make in my post. Sorry for taking so long to reply. The purpose of my original post was in response to one specific portion of your earlier post. Just so we don't get confused which I think we did last time, let's say that the...

While it seems you, Alex, want to keep the CNE going, I’m just wondering, if this becomes a site with housing, how can the CNE still run? As the residents in these buildings will be very unhappy with that event occurring. Case in point, look how much the condo owners in Vaughan complain about...

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.