Down at the venerable clam shell overlooking Nathan Phillips Square they may have a clear view of what makes Toronto tick. But the quietly legislated extension to rush hour — from 4 to 6 p.m. to 3 to 7 p.m. — seems ready to exact a price on the city’s economy that has not been calculated. Some say there’s so much traffic that rush hour needs to grow. Really? Why not a five-hour rush hour morning and night? Let’s see, that would be a 10-hour speedway heaven to boot the cars back and forth across town. It would also mean that there might be two hours left in a normal day to park on the street to do business at a specialty shop, drugstore, dentist, doctor or restaurant. Is this a city for people? Will rush hour drivers notice a whole lot of difference? .
