ShonTron
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As a downtown resident, I have only two complaints:
- How TIFF gets the city to shut down King Street for 4-5 days just as everyone's back to work or school;
- How some road runs end up making it impossible to get across Yonge Street by bike or by TTC on a few Sundays a year.
The TIFF closure is inexcusable; a few years ago, the roadway was kept open for streetcars only, which seemed to work.
The running events, however, could have some tweaks to allow a few streetcar routes to get across downtown without turning back before reaching Yonge Street. Why not close the Gardiner more often for running events? Get the benefit of some great city views, and allow the rest of us to get around downtown a bit easier by making it part of the route. Running events are great; they raise money, they attract some tourism, they fill the hotels. Laps in a park won't attract participants.
As for the parades? They have breaks to allow TTC and pedestrians, even cars, through. Caribana is a major event, once a year, and the Gardiner is open that weekend anyway. Ride for Heart is one day a year, and Lake Shore is left open.
- How TIFF gets the city to shut down King Street for 4-5 days just as everyone's back to work or school;
- How some road runs end up making it impossible to get across Yonge Street by bike or by TTC on a few Sundays a year.
The TIFF closure is inexcusable; a few years ago, the roadway was kept open for streetcars only, which seemed to work.
The running events, however, could have some tweaks to allow a few streetcar routes to get across downtown without turning back before reaching Yonge Street. Why not close the Gardiner more often for running events? Get the benefit of some great city views, and allow the rest of us to get around downtown a bit easier by making it part of the route. Running events are great; they raise money, they attract some tourism, they fill the hotels. Laps in a park won't attract participants.
As for the parades? They have breaks to allow TTC and pedestrians, even cars, through. Caribana is a major event, once a year, and the Gardiner is open that weekend anyway. Ride for Heart is one day a year, and Lake Shore is left open.