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And yonge is similarly crowded for blocks, blocks that are 2x the size of those in SF. You're not going to match these crowds outside of manhattan Times Square.
And yonge is similarly crowded for blocks, blocks that are 2x the size of those in SF. You're not going to match these crowds outside of manhattan Times Square.
LOL! I've walked the length of Yonge, from the lake to Eglinton or thereabouts, many times, and there is no stretch of Yonge that has comparable pedestrian flow as in peak intersections of downtown SF.
And comparing to Times Square is laughable. Yonge doesn't have comparable pedestrian flows to peak areas of Queens/Brooklyn/Bronx, to say nothing of the busiest crossroads in the Western world. Yonge has narrow sidewalks and isn't that busy outside of a few blocks.
If Yonge were in NYC it wouldn't be in the top 50 pedestrian corridors.
And comparing to Times Square is laughable. Yonge doesn't have comparable pedestrian flows to peak areas of Queens/Brooklyn/Bronx, to say nothing of the busiest crossroads in the Western world.
Let alone the rest of Manhattan
Part of it does have that mini Times Square vibe though (Yonge-Dundas IIRC). It’s undoubtedly inspired by Times Square. But to say that it’s busier than anywhere in NYC outside of Times Square is crazy talk.
Basically every major street or avenue in Manhattan has heavier pedestrian flow than in any other city in U.S./Canada., and sometimes for miles.
Broadway is consistently very busy from the Battery to basically 125th Street, and then moderately busy from 125th to the island tip. That's about 13 miles of solid activity.
LOL! I've walked the length of Yonge, from the lake to Eglinton or thereabouts, many times, and there is no stretch of Yonge that has comparable pedestrian flow as in peak intersections of downtown SF.
And comparing to Times Square is laughable. Yonge doesn't have comparable pedestrian flows to peak areas of Queens/Brooklyn/Bronx, to say nothing of the busiest crossroads in the Western world. Yonge has narrow sidewalks and isn't that busy outside of a few blocks.
If Yonge were in NYC it wouldn't be in the top 50 pedestrian corridors.
Lake to Eglinton? Are you serious? Yonge is a long ass street.
Yonge from Front to College is packed. Comparable or more than what he posted for SF.
Yonge-Dundas is much more than anywhere in SF, and I said it's second to manhattan not comparable to manhattan.
Lake to Eglinton? Are you serious? Yonge is a long ass street.
It's not that long. I've ran marathons; I can walk a few miles. That's how you get to know cities.
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Yonge from Front to College is packed. Comparable or more than what he posted for SF.
Core SF is much busier than core Toronto at street level. I think anyone who isn't a homer would agree with this statement. SF has surprisingly heavy peak pedestrian counts.
It's not that long. I've ran marathons; I can walk a few miles. That's how you get to know cities.
Core SF is much busier than core Toronto at street level. I think anyone who isn't a homer would agree with this statement. SF has surprisingly heavy peak pedestrian counts.
Yonge is not going to be continuously busy from the lake to eglinton, it has nothing to do with your ability to walk.
Yonge drops off after bloor, and most of the action is south of college.
Downtown Toronto is certainly more crowded at street level than SF, and the scale is much larger too. King W, Queen W, Spadina, Front st, are all crowded pedestrian streets.
And Yonge-Dundas is another animal, and I've been to SF a few times over the past 3 years.
Actually, Pier 39 had the highest traffic of any place, but Market was higher than any other street found. Here is the (now outdated, numbers are higher), Market Street study: http://www.bettermarketstreetsf.org/...reetReport.pdf
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