There seems to be something for everybody in John Tory’s 2016 traffic congestion program. Along with a lengthy news release on what he is going to do, the mayor issued a map pinpointing what he and traffic planners call hotspot intersections. South Bayview is included courtesy of Mt. Pleasant Rd. and St Clair Ave E. Why it’s on the list of ten hotspot corners when others (like Victoria Park Ave and O’Connor Drive) are not, is unclear. One reason traffic backs up on St. Clair is because during the evening rush it is forbidden to enter Moore Park unless you live there. The people who do know how to sneak in and out down at Inglewood (or Kringlewood) Drive. But how one makes the corner better is anyone’s guess. The mayor has an easy way of speaking. The CBC quoted his honour as declaring that new traffic lights will produce “more green lights when the lights should be green and fewer red lights when the lights shouldn’t be red” Could be good. There is a dizzying amount of information in the City’s news release and much other information in the CBC report.
