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Toronto was designed for cars, not Canada's cities. Toronto just happens to be one of them.
by caiob 8y ago
Toronto was designed for cars, not Canada's cities. Toronto just happens to be one of them.
- John_KZ 8y agoActually Toronto is one of the most transit-friendly cities in North America. Or so I've been told by a friend that lived there. That doesn't mean it's bike-friendly though. Or that it should be. Biking in Toronto will probably be miserable half the year, probably a lot more than Netherlands too. It should be safe though.
- jhbadger 8y agoWell, it has a subway, which by definition puts it on the list of transit-friendly cities, as only a handful of North American cities do. One issue though is the 1998 amalgamation. Toronto used to be just the actual dense city part, well covered by transit, and now it includes many former suburbs which are far less dense and are almost entirely car-based.
- abdullahkhalids 8y agoI live in Calgary and visit Toronto frequently. I don't drive. Calgary is a lot worse than Toronto from transit, biking or pedestrian perspective. Its almost like the city was actively designed to make it as difficult as possible for non-cars while making it reasonable for cars.
- caiob 8y agoTake the 2nd and 3rd biggest cities in Canada (Montreal and Vancouver respectively) as an example. These places are meccas of cycling in North America. Generalizing Canada's cities is so typical of Torontonians, while their own city is the exception when it comes down to traffic and gun violence.