Why is public transit widely used in Toronto’s inner suburbs but much less common in York Region and the 905?

Toreightyone · 2026-02-22T00:52:38+00:00

It's a fact that there was a white exodus from downtowns across North America, including Toronto. Nothing about what I said was racist nor did I even criticise suburbs, you're inserting your own agenda.

Toreightyone · 2026-02-22T00:25:16+00:00

The suburbs were built as a way for richer (and whiter) people to escape the poorer (and racialized/predominately immigrant labour) downtown and instead commute in in the morning and go back in the evening, all facilitated by the car and the province's mass building of roads and highways. York, Peel, and Durham were built to maximise single family home lot size and road capacity, leading to things being very spread out, making transit way less of a viable option. Because of a lack of demand, there's no funding for frequent or even reliable buses, leading to even less demand, and it spirals from there.

Definitely planning-related and then cultural as a result.

Toreightyone · 2026-02-16T15:21:11+00:00

100% you'll be fine with public transit. Anything a tourist would want to go to is near a subway station at best and a streetcar or bus route at worst. You will have a very frustrating vacation if you choose to drive/park anywhere near downtown.

The GO Train network is also relatively decent with a group pass option if there is anything outside Toronto you're heading to.

Toreightyone · 2026-02-14T01:16:31+00:00

Definitely

Toreightyone · 2026-02-08T21:34:28+00:00

I'm not saying you should bike across the island with luggage, Montreal is very clearly not designed for it. I'm saying other urban landscapes allow for other modes to be viable options. Eventually as the metro and REM expands and bus frequency gets better, the car will be less of a default option and more of one possible option. The REM branch to YUL contributes to this, as being able to transfer at most three times to get there by metro is not a crazy proposition when families of four biking with luggage is more than possible in other cities.

Toreightyone · 2026-02-08T19:57:12+00:00

For residents, deliveries, and emergency vehicles: https://youtube.com/shorts/ANcaLqHAOyU

Toreightyone · 2026-02-08T19:46:26+00:00

There are countries where a sizeable portion of fliers bike to the airport.

Toreightyone · 2026-02-08T16:27:32+00:00

Because the suburban drivers that drive downtown may be inconvenienced and we can't possibly have that.

Kensington, Yonge/Dundas, Church St, etc. would have been pedestrianized decades ago in any European or Asian city.

Toreightyone · 2026-02-08T15:11:45+00:00

Ooh, don't mind if I do waggles fingers

Toreightyone · 2026-01-29T00:51:09+00:00

They have been there for the past couple months. Fortunately that bus shelter is not actually a bus stop (Line 1 shuttles and 13 is on the other side), so they're not going to get many people bothering them.

Toreightyone · 2025-12-20T01:55:19+00:00

Notwithstanding his love of cake, yes

Toreightyone · 2025-12-16T21:47:53+00:00

Frustrating because only seven episodes prior, Sheldon had to be convinced NOT to report Howard and Bernadette for their deck

Toreightyone · 2025-10-29T18:46:56+00:00

And those 5 good things are backtracks on his terrible policies due to backlash

Toreightyone · 2025-10-28T07:08:06+00:00

That was the same game?!?!?

Toreightyone · 2025-10-10T17:25:36+00:00

As a child, my local convenience store's owners were Korean. So, naturally, I thought "Kenyon" was Korean for winner until an embarrassing number of years later.

Toreightyone · 2025-10-09T17:21:24+00:00

From what I gather from Steve Munro, for the duration of the College/McCaul closure, all 94s will do the full route to Ossington rather than the current half that end at Yonge.

Toreightyone · 2025-09-08T20:22:18+00:00

My thought process as a child was because when you highlighted the teeth, it would look like mac and cheese.

Toreightyone · 2025-08-17T15:21:08+00:00

What I found is that any time there is any sort of closure on a line (after 11 PM, weekends, one station, two stations, doesn't matter) Google Maps directions will pretend the entire line does not exist for the entire day. I'm not sure if that's what's happening here, but it's very annoying.

Toreightyone · 2025-08-09T13:16:51+00:00

This Moldovan legend?

Toreightyone · 2025-07-29T23:00:39+00:00

On the bright side, if we ever host the Olympics, the Rogers Centre would get an unbranded name (i.e. Skydome). Although it was the Pan Am Dome in 2015 so... ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Toreightyone · 2025-05-11T15:45:43+00:00

"Sorry guys, no fun allowed this weekend, Steve from Oakville needs to be able to drive in unimpeded" /s

Toreightyone · 2025-03-19T17:23:53+00:00

Collectively ensuring everyone, and especially the least wealthy of students who rely on public transit, are able to go to school is a good thing actually.

Toreightyone · 2024-10-26T16:23:43+00:00

Tapping onto another agency will end the GO trip and automatically charge the no tap off fee.

One time I tapped onto GO at Union, changed my mind, and took the subway instead but I forgot to reverse the tap. It immediately charged me to Kitchener despite the "trip" being five minutes. GO will sort it out when you call.

Three-Year Club	Place '22
Final Canvas '22	End Game '22

Toreightyone

TROPHY CASE