Chris Knight posted:

https://twitter.com/moore_oliver/status/678641151298117633

at the date posted:

The worst things to put on fries that I have heard of, an exhaustive list:

1. poutine
2. mayonnaise
3. cheese
4. ketchup
5. chili

Acceptable things to put on fries, assuming they are already salted:

1. vinegar, maybe
2. nothing

Fight me if you disagree. God grant victory to the just.

minivanmegafun posted:

man garlic aioli or béchamel are amazing on fries

also the Toronto streetcar is quaint but stupid. when we were there we gave up and walked a lot. we would have Bixi'd more but my partner had recently stuck a wheel in a decommissioned train siding back home in Chicago and wasn't really in riding shape

I should go back, it's a really quick and cheap flight from Midway to Billy Bishop via porter, and the loonie is doing miserable compared to the American Dollar

dev286 posted:

Toronto mixed traffic streetcars are awful compared to true LRT or subways. However even though they get stuck in traffic like a bus, a streetcar is wayyyy more pleasant and comfortable than a bus. Quieter, smooth ride (depending on the driver) and just generally better.

One line of the TTC streetcar (504 King) famously carries more passengers per day than the entire Toronto commuter train network.

But really they should be in dedicated lanes out of traffic or underground but that will never ever happen because "downtown already has enough subways, give some subways to near-rural suburbs"

infernal machines posted:

basically, yes, it's called Metrolinx or GO. there's buses on many routes too.

practically speaking, it depends on which "suburbs" and when. only a couple of lines have all-day two-way train service, only one has 20-minute peak service. everything else is into the city in the morning and out in the evenings, buses the rest of the time.

also, when people say "almost rural suburbs" in reference to toronto, they usually mean the old boroughs that amalgamated into the city, and not the actual suburbs. back in '98 the province decided to extend a middle finger to everyone in the metropolitan area by amalgamating the six municipalities into one city. scarborough and etobicoke were small cities in their own right, but very low density. since the amalgamation the residents of these places feel that since the dense city core gets high-order transit, they should too. usually the arguments are centered around what they deserve, as opposed to what the ridership actually dictates.

so we get them scuttling dedicated ROW LRTs in favour of a subway that goes nowhere, serves no one, and seemingly will never be built because the same suburban jackholes refuse to pay the taxes needed to fund them.

also the mayor used his imagineering skills and a whole pack of crayons to devise a plan to use the GO/Metrolinx network for rapid transit within the city, and has been slowly discovering what everyone said when he first came up with it, it's literally impossible to do as planned.

dazjw posted:

actually once you get a few hours from Tokyo you get to lines like the ōme line that run on the honour system and don't even have gates

this works and people still pay because japan

Citizen Tayne posted:

It's still the bad guy's headquarters. haha.

mishaq posted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_rapid_transit_systems_by_ridership

Chris Knight posted:

oops https://twitter.com/NEWSFORWORLD/status/736324540683452416/video/1

infernal machines posted:

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/06/15/safety-campaign-points-fingers-at-the-wrong-suspect-keenan.html

Bloody posted:

streetcars have all the limitations of rail and the limitations of buses and none of the benefits of either

Chris Knight posted:

you haven't lived until you've taken the vomit comet

Notorious b.s.d. posted:

and there's no comfort advantage to laying rail, because modern buses have rubber tires instead of freaking wagon wheels.

Chris Knight posted:

plus you get drivers like I used to have on the 506 and now on the 501 who make funny announcements

as everyone is getting off at Yonge, "no, wait, please don't go, I can change, I promise!"

infernal machines posted:

no he's cool, the thing being discussed is the literal definition of boondoggle

infernal machines posted:

[ask] me about how much bombardier loving sucks

Chris Knight posted:

i've yet to catch a new car on the 514 route, but by itself it's made getting around the college st construction good

Chris Knight posted:

https://twitter.com/neville_park/status/753304007465168896

Cygni posted:

fuckin lol

Lutha Mahtin posted:

jony neuemonic posted:

"green space" is unironically awful and a sure sign your urban design is a disaster.

Lutha Mahtin posted:

I bought one of these "safeguard" window filters a few years ago, that link is to the storefront run by the manufacturer, not sure if you can get it cheaper elsewhere. You get a lot less air throughput since it has a filter and baffles, but hopefully with the benefit of cleaner air. The frame of the unit is pretty nice, I was able to stick each side of it into the grooves for the window frame, and the top and bottom of the frame have rubber strips so when you push the window down onto it it creates kind of a seal. Probably works best if you get several of them and set them up in multiple windows, I just bought the one, so with the way it lowers air-flow it didn't work the best. Eventually I just decided to buy a window air-conditioner.

But lucky you, you don't have to keep your windows open anymore because winter is coming has arrived!!

Chris Knight posted:

I need cornohol for my bushole

Shaggar posted:

if u cant get to and from where you want to go either walking and/or via subway its not worth going or you should just drive.

blugu64 posted:

if it's worth going to, there'd be a highway exit for it