Torontoist: BMO Field Maybe Expanding, City Hall Maybe Cutting Back Expenses, Blue Jays Maybe Finding New Heights of Futility

EricSmith

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:31:20 -0500

Apparently, the centre-pole design of the St. Clair West ROW is part of the problem. Steve Munro has complained about them in the past, and in this article mentions that even the TTC's own buses had trouble using the streetcar right of way during construction because of the poles. Darn centre poles!It's a clearance thing. If there were no poles in the middle, the right of way would only have to leave enough room for clearance between passing vehicles. With the poles, each "lane" has to be wide enough for a vehicle to clear the pole safely. Mr. Munro figures that the right of way overall is a metre wider than it would have to be with side poles.For vehicles that don't run on rails, avoiding clipping a centre pole is less of a sure thing, even with that whole fifty centimetres of extra clearance. While fire trucks could stand to be less monstrous, having one be the size of a bus doesn't seem unreasonable.

Terence

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:16:53 -0500

The only time I saw a TFC game in HD, was when The Score used ESPN'S feed.

David Toronto

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:21:02 -0500

Why are Toronto FC games not shown in HD? The Montreal games are in HD on Radio-Canada.

davedave

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:43:38 -0500

A cab driver told me that the Fire Depts are in the middle of suing the city to remove all residential speed bumps because they hamper response times. Don't know if that's true or not. I've seen fire trucks scream down the Spadina tacks just fine so what's the problem? Suck it up, you stupid firemen.

dowlingm

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:06:31 -0500

Careful now... do we want a 20,000 stadium packed and bouncing or a 30,000 stadium with thousands of empty seats. BMO Field is intimidating now - they should offer people deposits on season seats and only if they sell 75% should they proceed, leaving 25% for visiting team supporters - especially if Eugene Melnyk gets another Ottawa franchise for us to hate.

Vincent Clement

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:35:59 -0500

I've had it with Fire Departments dictating urban policy. How do emergency services in European cities function with their narrow roads, traffic and public transit?

beth maher

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:32:38 -0500

Remember, way back, like two years ago, when everyone who comments here (except for me) said that a football club in Toronto was probably a stupid idea? Yeah? Remember that? Good times.