Northern Light
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That is indeed a great thread!
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That is indeed a great thread!
AlbertC
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Survey: Ontario Place redevelopment
Share your views on the Ontario Place redevelopment plans. Your input will help us identify how you’ll use a revitalized Ontario Place and what features are important to you.
Closing date: October 28, 2021
Survey: Ontario Place redevelopment
Share your views on the Ontario Place redevelopment plans. Your input will help us identify how you’ll use a revitalized Ontario Place and what features are important to you. Closing date: October 28, 2021 This survey should take around 5 minutes.
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Northern Light
Superstar
Report to next week's Executive Ctte on the state of Ontario Place discussions w/the Province:
Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-175198.pdf
Of note:
This is what the province wants:
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Lots more in the report!
Link: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2022/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-175198.pdf
Of note:
This is what the province wants:
*****
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Lots more in the report!
Northern Light
Superstar
Not much new info here, though maybe a couple of little bits, in this report to the Exhibition Place Board of Governors:
A few slides from the presentation above:
A few slides from the presentation above:
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Very little about transit users or pedestrians, other than
"• The Province will be pursuing multi-modal transportation solutions for site users, including connections to transit and active transportation links
•In the future the City and Province may explore joint parking solutions that would benefit both Ontario Place and Exhibition Place and be implemented through an appropriate cost sharing arrangement"
In other words, the almighty automobile MUST be accommodated because that is what the elite use. The peasants who have to walk (from the transit hubs) can go to the back of the line.
"• The Province will be pursuing multi-modal transportation solutions for site users, including connections to transit and active transportation links
•In the future the City and Province may explore joint parking solutions that would benefit both Ontario Place and Exhibition Place and be implemented through an appropriate cost sharing arrangement"
In other words, the almighty automobile MUST be accommodated because that is what the elite use. The peasants who have to walk (from the transit hubs) can go to the back of the line.
egotrippin
Senior Member
The first slide in Northern Light's post references transit, titled "Key Issues: Last Mile Transit from Exhibition Place to Ontario Place". It actually seems like a fair bit of thought is being put into it, though we'll see if thought = action.
jcam
Active Member
Seems like a prime spot for some kind of autonomous shuttle 2.0.
generalcanada
Senior Member
in the ontario line thread, it was speculated that a cablecar could be a cool idea
egotrippin
Senior Member
A cable car could be fun, building on the whimsy that is (or was) Ontario Place. Lots of precedent around the world as urban cable cars are becoming increasingly common.
Northern Light
Superstar
I'm not saying you're wrong......
But couldn't we just honour Steve Munro this once; by building a canal of self-driving Swan Boats? Sure we'd have to heat it in the winter; or install hover technology on the boats.......
The canal could be elevated over Lake Shore Blvd too!
daptive
Active Member
If there's one place that could really use a cable car it's one going down to ravine and Evergreen brickworks! Perhaps there's no harm having 2 cable cars though.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Can see a camel ride to safari across the asphalt desert from the transit hub to Ontario Place.
Or ostriches?
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
The latter doesn't look like it was done willingly though...
egotrippin
Senior Member
Oh for sure. Having attended Cask Days many times in the past, I can attest to the fact that the Brickworks need a better transit connection.
max
Active Member
I think we have a much better chance at funding if it's an absurdly large ferris wheel.I'm not saying you're wrong......
But couldn't we just honour Steve Munro this once; by building a canal of self-driving Swan Boats? Sure we'd have to heat it in the winter; or install hover technology on the boats.......
The canal could be elevated over Lake Shore Blvd too!