The second-class pedestrian
In a story last week, The Fixer touched on one of my pet peeves: pedestrian signals at intersections that don’t change with the traffic signal unless you press the button. Now I understand that many...
View ArticleVisiting Lower Bay – Part 1
Like any good Torontonian Rail Fan geek, I took a ride on the TTC’s temporarily re-aligned Bloor-Danforth Subway today to get a look at Lower Bay station. While I won’t say that it was like visiting...
View ArticleVisiting Lower Bay – Part 2
The good news for fans of Lower Bay piles on. News broke last week that Lower Bay will be open to the public during Doors Open this year. Not only will people who aren’t willing to brave a dash through...
View ArticleToronto: Transit City?
The TTC released its Transit City plan yesterday, to a predictable mix of hope and FUD (video) from the usual suspects. I freely admit that I’m no TTC expert, nor am I artistically inclined enough to...
View ArticleToronto Rink Report 2007
Spring doesn’t seem in any particular rush to arrive so let’s take a final look back at the state of outdoor skating in this town. The city’s Parks and Environment Committee recently received an...
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This is why Toronto can’t have nice things
Holes for new bollards were cut into the middle of the asphalt ripple pattern on the Lower Don trail. Less than two months after the upgraded Pottery Road crossing of the Lower Don trail was officially...
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No, I will not obey my signal
It’s hard to believe that in 2012, the City of Toronto persists in installing new pedestrian signals on sidewalks across the top of T-intersections. This one, installed as part of the signalization...
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Where do the wires go?
Ever wonder what’s at the other end of the hydro lines that come into your house? Well, I traced this set from my house back to their origin—behind a fence guarded by a No Trespassing sign, at the...
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Pedestrian crossing
Surely my eyes deceive me, but is that a signed and signalled pedestrian crossing in the middle of an overgrown farmer’s field? I’ve got to check this out. Maybe I’m not so blind after all. That...
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Public bike repair stands
I was riding downtown a couple of weeks ago and decided to pop my bike up on one of the newly installed public bike repair stands to give it a quick once over: Each of the three stands downtown (plus...
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