If you think getting around the Toronto area by car is bad now, you may want to start planning a future elsewhere, as newly revealed documents from...
  • flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    90·
    3 months ago

    Btw for those initially confused like me, GTA stands for Greater Toronto Area.

    Nobody expects bad traffic in the next Grand Theft Auto game just yet.

    • BenVimes@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      I grew up in southern Ontario, and it took me an embarrassing amount of time to figure this out. I heard the acronym daily as my parents listened to CFRB, but it didn’t click until I was almost 20.

  • Eager Eagle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    3 months ago

    almost as if addressing the traffic by creating infrastructure instead of the need for traffic with mixed-use neighborhoods isn’t the right approach

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    3 months ago

    I mean that’s why you boost a stunt plane and fly across the map.

    Wait. Who’s adding more traffic into GTA anyway?

  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
    31·
    3 months ago

    It kind of amazed my friends from Ontario when a whole line of people waiting at the ferry terminal made it onto a double decker bus (close to 100), which would have been 50 passenger cars!

    Why haven’t we explored frequent oribtal GO routes numbered 401, 427, QEW, DVP, with dedicated bus lanes to weave through traffic with ease (BC highway 99 is set up decently well with them)? Sneaky drivers could jump the queue with the priority lane in typical Toronto fashion, but bus drivers with cameras can charge every license plate they catch that’s improperly in the lane. Make it a hefty fine or revoke their license on repeat offenses.