Comment 117118

By CharlesBall (registered) | Posted March 22, 2016 at 09:34:10

I used to live in Leaside and worked in downtown Toronto. I avoid the city now (I want to say like the plague but that is too harsh.) Traffic congestion being the second worst in Canada, top 5 in north America and 64th worst in the world make it an undesirable destination for me. When I have to go there for work I take the train and keep to the downtown and then come back. Anywhere else where driving is required is uber frustrating. It may be a great place for people living in the various areas that they do, but the road networks do not encourage visitation.

I read today that Tomtom says that Torontonians travel times are 28% above what they should be.

Any time that I spend in a car, bus, train or plane longer than I have to is wasted time. Livability to me means spending my time on things I like to do, not trudging along because someone purposely is setting up figurative and literal roadblocks. (Roadblocks have always had a negative connotation in literature.)

I still have many friends in Toronto and they love their city, but transit is their number one complaint.

No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be? George Orwell

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