📖 “Toronto's underground labyrinth”

[heliomass@mstdn.ca]

“Toronto's underground labyrinth”

I do like the idea of referring to these underground networks as “pedestrian metros”. I think the few cities which have them are all the better for it, even though they’re flawed in many ways.

#Toronto #urbanism

Toronto's underground labyrinth

How Canada's largest city developed a 30 kilometer network of pedestrian tunnels

(www.worksinprogress.news)

[david_megginson@mstdn.ca]

@heliomass As a former wheelchair and walker user, I can confirm that large indoor shopping areas are amazing for accessibility (especially in winter), even if they're bleak in other ways.

[heliomass@mstdn.ca]

@david_megginson Not sure if you're speaking about Toronto in particular, but I'm curious about how good the underground connections are between malls in terms of being step-free? In Montreal, there's a bit of neglect at the point where the malls and office buildings connect underground.

[david_megginson@mstdn.ca]

@heliomass Both. Montreal's tough, because you're going uphill all the way from the Gare Centrale to Maisonneuve, so there have to be some level changes the the underground shopping.

Downtown Toronto is pretty flat moving north from Front St, so I agree that there are fewer excuses for level changes and awkward accessibility ramps.

#Toronto #Montreal #accessibility