The intersection of Spadina Avenue and College Street is a mess, just the latest in the enormous cost paid by the people of Toronto for the inconvenient streetcar dream that the City has indulged for decades. The question superimposed on the picture above can be heard echoing through homes, offices, on the street, Twitter and no doubt on the pillow before drifting off. Why? The most obvious reason is that we own the streetcars. But why do we own streetcars? Who can begrudge those with nostalgia for our past? We do not. But we are living with a kind of madness on the streets that surely must come to an end as soon as possible.
