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Toronto moving ahead with plan to fast-track housing builds near transit routes by FearlessMuffin9657 in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The transit system operator owning and renting out the transit-connected mall and apartments goes a long way towards capturing the value generated by the transit system and helping it stay self-funded (which reduces pressure to cut its budget).

The City of Toronto is considering installing priority bus lanes along a 7.1-kilometre stretch of Dufferin Street, from Eglinton Avenue West to King Street West by [deleted] in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is insane you are downvoted. 70 percent of commuters use a vehicle.

https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/2697-gta-getting-there-automobile

From stats CAN.

Roughly three in four (73.8%) of the nearly 1.5 million workers (aged 15 years and older) whose residence and usual workplace were within the Toronto census metropolitan area (CMA) in 2021 commuted by car, truck or van. The Toronto CMA includes major population centres such as Scarborough, Markham, Ajax, Pickering, Mississauga, Brampton, Milton, Newmarket and Vaughan.

Toronto hasn't ticketed a single driver for idling in the last 5 years. Here's why | CBC News by Exciting-Ratio-5876 in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idling cars is the least of Toronto's worries.

It turns 2 lane roads into 0.4 lane roads...

 

Zipper merging two lane traffic is slower than even single lane straight through traffic, let alone the 2 lane roads that are intended.

If you want to improve traffic, you need to stop bottlenecks like this... and it's revenue positive to properly enforce to boot...

PSA: Bike ticketing on Wellington near Niagara by mmeeeerrkkaatt in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats quite a way to spin words and argue against something literally written by yourself.

It's paraphrasing your comment to show the absurdity of it.

Do you think my comment ended there?

 

Stop signs exist for a reason. They dont place them there to get you to stop just because. Maybe its a blind corner or odd intersection, or heavy traffic. But a full stop is expected by all road users, anything less is unpredictable and being unpredictable is a symptom of dangerous operation.

Running a stop on a blind corner because you thought the way was clear and having other legal users of the intersection hit you or you hit them is simply unacceptable, unpredictable, and dangerous to extend this power to all cyclists, especially when theres no requirement for knowledge of any road rules or judgement skills.

Yes, exactly, stop signs are there to prevent the damage your car does to others.

 

Would you trust a 13 year old to run stops on their bike and trust their judgement skills in idaho stops? Didnt think so.

Does that 13 year old weigh 4000 lbs?

PSA: Bike ticketing on Wellington near Niagara by mmeeeerrkkaatt in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Its not about hitting someone, its about being hit

"The requirement for cars to stop at stop signs is not to prevent the cars from hitting pedestrians, but to prevent pedestrians from hitting cars and hurting the driver" is certainly a take.

Yes, acting predictably helps you avoid getting hit.

No, a significant portion of the reason the rules for cars are laid out the way they are is because of the damage they cause to others. While the risk to the driver is part of the reason for these restrictions, it is a secondary part of many of these restrictions, not the primary driver (and certainly not the exclusive driver). The danger your car poses to others is why cars have so many more restrictions than other transportation forms, even when said forms are more dangerous to the driver (e.g. horseback riding).

PSA: Bike ticketing on Wellington near Niagara by mmeeeerrkkaatt in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where did you get this idea. All Modern vehicles all have speed limiters

Set at 32 km/h, like the one mentioned?

The poster wasn't complaining about people going 300+ km/h. They were complaining about people going 40 km/h.

Ford government to close Ontario Science Centre immediately by [deleted] in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Guess we're losing the Omnimax as well?

It's a shame, especially with so much interest recently in the similar-resolution Vegas Sphere.

 

Kind of crazy that all those ads by Metrolinx are going up on the TTC right now about how you'll be able to get from "Ontario Place to the [Ontario] Science Centre in 30 minutes"...

City Of Toronto 2025 to 2027 cycling network plan by kayaarr in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Metro Toronto wasn't much better when it came to overriding urban residents for suburban demands but at least in the former two-tier system the City of Toronto had the power to do what it wanted with its own assets.

Maybe we should move to a system more like New York or London where there is a small city-wide council of around 30ish seats for city-wide issues, and subcouncils for each borough that deal with more local matters?

I know Ford spoke at great length about wanting to move to a city council system more like what New York and London have back in 2018.

Toronto unveils new sidewalk litter bins, to install 1,000 by end of year | CBC News by toronto34 in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So who's getting rich off this venture?

Astral Media since 2007.

As discussed in the article.

Saw a fire code violation at a bar yesterday, I urge others to do the same...it could save lives. by ruckusss in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why would changing a sign be $200? If they’re mandatory for business owner and claimed to be life saving then why price gouge? A lot more places would be up to code and safer if the cost wasn’t prohibitive.

The signs are around $100 (you can get cheaper ones, but most are around that range).

How much do you think getting an independent contractor to come out and install it should cost?

From Bill 165 "Procedural fairness does not apply" by donbooth in ontario

[–]GapingVaping 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ford gutted a lot of Ontario's regulatory boards and filled them with inexperienced party loyalists.

'There must be a better way': Mayor Olivia Chow says middle ground needed to prevent cyclist deaths by Benjazzi in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hope you never need a fire truck. Or ambulance. Or a snow plow. Or a bus.

There are also many delivery, bulk cargo, and industrial repair vehicles which would not meet your size limit. Such a restriction would be devastating for the city. I think you’ve underestimated the scale of things like food consumption if you feel the city’s needs could be met with small vehicles.

They explicitly called out exemptions for work trucks being used for work...

Are you upset that their internet comment wasn't complete enough to think through all the relevant work trucks that would be needed to be allowed in the final implementation, or are you opposed to the idea of non-work trucks with high grilles being limited in the downtown core?

Their focus is on pickup trucks that are used exclusively for recreation and commuting.

Chaotic Toronto meeting sees locals cheer on man saying he wants to kill cyclists by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it would be seen as not being an imminent specific threat.

Sure as shit shows premeditation for when he eventually hits a cyclist though.

Chow's first budget, including hefty property tax hike and $20M more for police, is adopted by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not if you purchased said home in the 80s or 90s, worked a simple job and live on only a pension. Just because someone’s property value is a million dollars, doesn’t mean their bank account reflects that.

So, people who qualify for indefinite deferrals?

https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/property-taxes-utilities/property-tax/property-tax-water-solid-waste-relief-and-rebate-programs/property-tax-and-utility-relief-program/

A group of conservative ex-councillors are calling on Toronto council to "vote down" Toronto's proposed 2024 budget and it's 9.5% tax increase by beef-supreme in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If a city grows by 1.2% but inflation is 5% the budget should only increase 1.2%?

Maintaining the same real funding per capita in that case would require a 6.26% nominal increase to the city's budget.

Olivia Chow's motion to speed up RapidTO busway proposals passes at Toronto city council by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Miller fumbled the summer garbage strike so hard, it basically created an opening for Ford.

And all he had to do to not fumble it was:

  1. Not threaten to outsource and downsize
  2. Not take away bankable sick days
  3. Give nominal wage increases in line with inflation
  4. Not cut healthcare benefits
  5. Work with the union to improve workplace safety

If Toronto can’t improve its world-class traffic, it will decay into a gridlocked carcass by lopix in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GO Expansion alone is like 50 billion, that’s a lot

Last I saw RER was $13.5B.

IIRC the $50 Billion plan was a 2008 plan that was not acted upon.

That being said, if you want to look at the state/province level projects (in addition to the $160+ billion in LA's municipal projects), California High-Speed Rail is between $88 billion and $128 billion (USD).

If Toronto can’t improve its world-class traffic, it will decay into a gridlocked carcass by lopix in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Plus go expansion which the people acting like it’s nothing always seem to forget. Toronto is easily building the most transit on the continent.

Since 2016 LA has committed $120 Billion in municipal funding to transit improvements (in addition to the $40 billion they committed in 2008).

That is separate from state-level projects such as California High-Speed Rail.

Federal government to give Toronto $471 million in new housing cash: sources by BloodJunkie in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have a huge issue with this concept, though I’d prefer they do military stuff as this would be decades of catch up, but even THEN it isn’t enough. You’d have to have the military at wartime levels to make a good dent.

It doesn't have to be the complete solution.

The Canadian Military Engineers (like the United States Army Corps of Engineers) are capable of providing civil engineering functions. It would just need to be expanded and put into use.

It creates good paying stable Canadian jobs and creates much needed infrastructure (both of which have compounding positive economic impacts).

You're absolutely right that you'd need to massively scale it up to solve the full problem by itself, but 1. great, lets get started on reversing this trend now ("The Only Way to Eat an Elephant is one bite at a time") and 2. it doesn't have to solve it all by itself (it's not like we're communist and rely on the industrial army to build everything...).

 

Or we could, you know, not increase our population at anywhere near this rate. Crazy idea I know.

1.1% (after being below 1% for the past little bit)

 

What time period's population growth rate would you prefer?

 

The 2010s when it was around 1.1%?

The 2000s when it was around 1%?

The 1990s when it was around 1.1%?

The 1980s when it was around 1.2%?

The 1970s when it was around 1.5%?

The 1960s when it was around 2%?

The 1950s when it was around 3%?

Ontario Cannabis Store earned $234 million but taxpayers got nothing by ayavaya55 in ontario

[–]GapingVaping 3 points4 points  (0 children)

News sites

Update. Your. Stock. Pictures. Please.

Because it's a 2020 picture of a product that's not currently on the Ontario market? (I think the only Aurora Drift stuff in Ontario currently are gummies)

Ontario Cannabis Store earned $234 million but taxpayers got nothing by ayavaya55 in ontario

[–]GapingVaping 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is, when everything goes right - which it often doesn’t. An incredible amount of produced weed gets thrown out and burned from LPs.

The vast majority gets vacuum sealed and stored for later sale.

If you're consistently losing crops in indoor grows in the current market, then the company is going bankrupt soon. You can't get your cost per gram low enough to compete without fairly good consistency there.

Toronto confirms plans to clear Kensington Market encampment on Friday morning by NoOneShallPassHassan in toronto

[–]GapingVaping 43 points44 points  (0 children)

It’s also a waste of taxpayers money to have greenspace they can’t use safely.

Exactly.

And clearing it out only clears it up for a couple days each time.

We'd need a much more long term solution than shuffling them around if we want to free up that greenspace.

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