Letter: Change the world to stop COVID-19 and whatever’s next
Now that COVID-19 is on the wane, we can shift our worry to larger issues we’ll be face over the next few years — like COVID-19.
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Opinion
Benefits of the pandemic: new bike lanes and closed roads
If there is one benefit we have received from the pandemic and lockdown over the past year or so, it’s the rapid extension of our bike lanes.
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Rules suggested for dog owners in park
Off-leash dog parks have their problems, including a sheer lack of etiquette and respect for fellow dog owners, according to one.
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New streetcar tech could get traffic moving
Our leaders at City Hall know all about the new technology that can get Toronto’s traffic moving faster. So why aren’t we using it!?
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Danforth experiment proved benefits of bike lanes
A pop-up demonstration of bike lanes gave us a glimpse of what Danforth could look like, reconfigured to give cyclists and pedestrians priority over cars.
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Parked delivery vehicles are helping cause traffic nightmare
The problem is reaching a crescendo of sorts: the number of delivery vehicles parked and double parked on our streets, both residential and commercial.
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Heads up, pedestrians! Taking that call not worth your life
Every day pedestrians are seen with their heads in their cellphones strolling down the sidewalk or crossing the street without paying attention.
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When do we get upgrade to Bloor-Danforth subway line?
The Bloor-Danforth subway line s being sorely neglected by the city while the Yonge-University-Spadina line gets all the improvements, rider says.
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Subways cast a wider net than LRTs
Councillor Josh Matlow has announced he wants a judicial inquiry into the Scarborough subway. I can get behind that. We would be able to tell the judge that a subway casts a wide web of surface feeder routes.
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Fear the day cracks join up to make block-long pothole
I was inspired by your online letter writer (“Potholes have gotten worse despite all the roadwork,” Feb. 28), who was concerned about the city’s potholes in East York. He has nothing on midtown Toronto.
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Potholes have gotten worse despite all the roadwork
Wherever you try to drive, traffic is tied up by construction — and not all of it to do with transit projects. Much of it has just been ongoing road repair work — filling potholes and so on.
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Congestion is just the symptom. Density is the disease.
It was on city planner Jennifer Keesmat’s watch that so much density was planned for Eglinton that we will have to start considering a relief line for Eglinton before the LRT even opens.
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Another idea for keeping raccoons out of your green bin
Freezing the food makes sure there are no odours emanating from your green bin to attract raccoons, advises midtown reader.
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Development must be stopped, says a NIABY
What has gone on at Yonge-Eglinton is not bad planning — it’s non-existent planning, letter writer says.
Read moreEglinton densification sends traffic into our streets
With the densification and constriction of Eglinton, more commuters will be taking shortcuts around Eglinton. Every morning I see commuters shortcutting.
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