Richmond and Adelaide are two of the most important streets in our downtown.
And poor city planning has driven the time tax on residents way up. Here's my Fix It Friday plan to get the intersection moving again.
Because a city we can be proud of is one that gets you where you're going. Join us and fight Toronto's time tax: https://t.co/0d0VT8eofJ
@observinthecity I work in the building right in front of it and we can't figure out why the city would install something so obstructive right in the middle of a bike lane. The paint lines divert to the left but others are going to the right, veering into traffic. Seems like bizarre planning.
In Canada, you have the option to remove your child from both religious studies and sex education at any time.
However, you do not have the option to remove other people's children from those same classes.
*Reminder for those protesting, your province sets the curriculum.
Great cities offer choices: for housing, for getting around, for culture/entertainment, for employment.
Great cities are not designed as tourist destinations - they are designed as places for people to thrive. Places for living everyday life. Places where newcomers can get a foothold and an education, places where young people can get their start, places where it is possible to raise a family and thrive, places to grow old, and continue to contribute to a community as you do.
To get there, a range of housing options that accommodate a range of incomes and household types for all stages of life is foundational to ensuring a vibrant neighbourhood life.
But neighbourhoods have trouble thriving when they are infiltrated with cars from elsewhere. So ending the long commute + congestion is in everyoneโs interest. More suburbs everywhere need to focus on transitioning to become complete communities - instead of just expecting and reinforcing *a lack of choice* for residents. Having no choice but to hop in the car is a trap.
Suburbs can transform. Indeed, many places (Toronto included) are deep into a transition away from that trap. Add density. Add cycling infrastructure. Invest in transit. Mix uses, ensuring offices and cafes and grocery stores and services like dentists and doctors within walking distance of every neighbourhood.
I wrote this almost a decade ago. We were in a very different moment as a city, but many of the urban planning principles it espouses are ever green. Take a look:
https://t.co/vk9Suhqjr0