Toronto can, and should, do better than the ugly and intrusive new barriers that are being installed around Union Station.
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The fall of an empire
After 355 years, and several years of noticeable decline, Canada’s oldest corporation and last department store comes to an ignoble end.
New elevator directory signage is a notable improvement, but there’s far more to be done to make Union Station an easy place to navigate.
Union Station remains very difficult to get around using a mobility device, especially when traveling between UP Express and the TTC Subway.
Woodbine Centre, built in 1985, was an adventure for a child of the 1980s and 1990s. The once-thriving mall has hit hard times and will likely see redevelopment in the next decade.
On Monday, September 23 at 8:06 PM, the driver of a 2024 Hyundai Elantra sedan travelled north on Pacific Avenue. The driver of a 2017 Hyundai Tucson crossover SUV drove west Annette Street. The two vehicles collided in the intersection with enough force that the Tucson continued into the sidewalk on the northwest corner, striking two pedestrians. A […]
On Wednesday, September 25, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, along with transportation minister Pradmeet Sarkaria, announced that the provincial government would fund a feasibility study on building a new highway tunnel under Highway 401 from Peel Region to Durham Region, along with an unspecified new transit facility. Earlier this week, Doug Ford exclaimed that those living […]
Getting around Downtown Toronto can be an exercise in frustration, whether you drive, bike, take transit, or drive. Though necessary transit and road construction projects are the cause of much of the congestion, driver behaviour, poor management, and a lack of coordination between various municipal and provincial agencies have only added to the traffic quagmire. […]
Years of demolition by neglect has led to a sudden closure of a once-great institution.
The new Ontario One Fare Program finally solves several problems with the GTHA’s fare structure, but barriers to GO-TTC transfers remain.
Sean Marshall 