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28 kilometres of underground pathways, with 1200 retail stores, and resturants, that link Toronto's commercial and residential deveopments. Over 5,000 Torontonians work down there.
It is possible to walk from Union Station, on Front Street, all the way to City Hall, without going outdoors.
Crystal City in Arlington, VA already has an underground network connecting most of it, half of it is stores like a mall, the other half is just tunnels.
I was once at a public meeting for a local transit project. One citizen had the suggestion of replacing the sidewalks on one of our main streets in the heart of downtown with additional car lanes and increasing the speed limit to 55 mph, while shunting all pedestrians to a series of underground tunnels that led to the buildings.
Silence followed, then hushed "what the -" and then the meeting moved on.
I was once at a public meeting for a local transit project. One citizen had the suggestion of replacing the sidewalks on one of our main streets in the heart of downtown with additional car lanes and increasing the speed limit to 55 mph, while shunting all pedestrians to a series of underground tunnels that led to the buildings.
Silence followed, then hushed "what the -" and then the meeting moved on.
Sounds like a more extreme version of what Winnipeg did with their main intersection. They blocked off the sidewalks with concrete barriers and force the pedestrians to use underground tunnels. Winnipeg, MB - Google Maps
I thought that was pretty bad when I visited, and they didn't even remove the sidewalks, and the speed limit is probably more like 35mph.
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