kotsy
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You said it, guys. Coming in from the west on the Gardiner is hands down the best drive in the city - especially when the CNE is running
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Midtown Urbanist
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There is a reason visitors arriving downtown from Pearson always remark on the experience.
It is rather unique to Toronto.
It is rather unique to Toronto.
Light
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Approaching Toronto from the W on the Gardner is like hurtling towards the set of some futuristic sci-fi movie mega urban landscape; it's absolutely amazing, especially with all those video screens further animating the environment.
dt_toronto_geek
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My friends took me to Woodbine racetrack on my birthday a few weeks ago, coming home down the DVP was crazy with all the changes since I last came down a couple of years ago. I can't imagine what coming in on the Gardiner must be like. Ten York is sure to add more drama with it's design, and placement alongside the highway.
Red Mars
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Pic taken June 22, 2015
Kitsune
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now imagine the ramp was staying put and the parking gargage was developed into something taller. That would be quite the drive.
Midtown Urbanist
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It's pretty crazy how close it is to the Gardiner. I can't think of land in such close proximity to highways being developed into condos like this in North America.
salsa
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It probably won't be good for the health of the condo residents who will be breathing the fumes from the highway.
Lenser
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Give it not too many more years and the bulk of traffic will be electric.
innsertnamehere
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We are more than a couple years from that. Hybrids represent less than 1% of the vehicle market and plug in electrics don't even have 0.1% market share yet. I would be surprised if Electric vehicles had more than a 10% market share by 2025. Then you get into the issue of large trucks, which are really the driving force behind road emissions, and they are nowhere close to becoming electrified.
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Forget air pollution. The noise pollution alone is enough to make investing in a unit here questionable. For eight months I lived beside the Mass Pike in downtown Boston and broke my lease early and moved.
Never again. Especially during the rainy season--highways are extremely noisy.
Never again. Especially during the rainy season--highways are extremely noisy.
ThomasJ
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not the bulk
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Yeah, how about the trains nearby that are ALL diesel powered
and 20-30 years from being electrified
Lenser
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I dunno. Colour me an optimist. But as for all the trains being diesel, I think 20 years for the electrification of the Montreal-Windsor corridor is about right.