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Toronto to become much larger?; Issues with my city
Topic Started: Feb 15 2016, 10:38 AM (25 Views)
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I love Toronto, it's an extremely diverse city with arguably the most diverse police force in the world as its police force has consistently won awards as being the most diverse employer in Canada. The city has never ghettoized as feared like some American cities which have lost their cores such as Detroit and surprisingly the city continues to grow. It's incredible really that a city like Toronto which you'd assume is built up given that it is the fourth largest in North America, continues to build up rapidly even in its downtown core. It has been said although this could be incorrect that Toronto is already the condo capital of the world, what it does mean is that Toronto has a huge amount of condos that continues to expand rapidly. From what I have read, Toronto which experiences the largest immigration per capita of any city is set to gain tons of population both within it and in the surrounding cities that constitute the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). As an amusing point demonstrating how rapid the condo growth has been, on the Queens Quay they had to delay the opening of a few condos by a few since there was not enough power on that part of the grid nor enough water infrastructure to service the buildings.

This growth however in my opinion, is a huge issue. Toronto has a huge problem in my opinion with its infrastructure. It already experiences some of the worst traffic congestion in North America. The subway system is a joke:

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To explain just how bad it is, it should be noted that the downtown portion of that subway map on the green line is Bathurst to Castle Frank. On the yellow is is everything below the green. That is absolutely tiny the yellow line from Union to Bloor-Yonge already goes over-capacity during peak hours. Worst yet is the fact that the city lacks the funds and long term planning to solve this issue with each new mayor scrapping the previous mayors plans and establishing a new one. This is in addition to the Provinces and Cities not working together well at all, with the provinces having it's own plan as well.

Of course with such a poor subway system, it might be expected that Toronto has focused on its road system. But of course this is not true either. There is only one highway that goes into the downtown, which is the often maligned Gardiner. The other highway that cross Toronto further north, the 401 is the busiest in the world and one of the largest by width. Part of the problem is cost, particularly now that the city is built up and the fact that cities in Canada struggle with their revenue base and don't have a great way of getting funds compared to cities such as London (UK). Another large issue is that the GTA is extremely divided, with each city within it doing its own thing. Mississauga, Brampton, Durham, Halton all have their own plans which don't always align with each other. C'est la vie.
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Honestly the fact that city leaders are thinking about subway growth is 100x better than the the '*splat*, put 2000 houses there... And a roundabout... *Splat*... Put 2000 there and a bus stop' approach of where I live.

I think it's a problem for just about every city in the world. There is never enough money to accommodate the growth. But people need to be housed.

I don't know much about Toronto but as someone interested in cities and urbanism, Toronto genuinely has a great reputation internationally.
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