The works and the delays they cause in the transport system give rise to many reactions and complaints. Is cycling, running, or even walking faster than public transportation or driving during rush hour in Toronto?
We compared them.
Car, tram, bike or jogging?
Four Radio-Canada workers in Toronto take on the challenge of leaving the city center at 4:30 p.m., during rush hour, with one of four means of transportation. Their destination? The beach Sunnyside from Toronto, located to the west of the city, at a distance of 6 km.
The bet on self-service bicycles
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Charles Le Bourgeois avoided several traffic jams by bike.
Photo: Radio-Canada
In the middle of cycling month, journalist Charles Le Bourgeois gets his hands on one of the 9,000 bicycles BikeShare available in the metropolis. His route will take him to the cycle path located along Lake Ontario.
Charley, in the car, will arrive at the time we go to bed tonight
he predicts jokingly.
A monster traffic jam
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Driving to the Gardiner Highway during rush hour is a challenge in itself.
Photo: Radio-Canada
Having barely crossed the starting line, located near the Rogers Center at the intersection of the streets King and Simcoe, videojournalist Charley Dutil is already stuck in daily traffic, amplified by the end of a soccer game. Blue Jays.
Toronto traffic jams are a good test of patience
he shares.
This obstacle adds to the challenge that awaits further west on the Gardiner Expressway, where travel times increased by 230% during the afternoon rush hour due to road work, according to the Geotab firm.
Run to move faster?
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Gabrielle Sabourin’s biggest obstacle to the race was the wind.
Photo: Radio-Canada
Putting on her espadrilles, Gabrielle Sabourin, the host of the show On a human scalelaunches with enthusiasm into what will become a real race against the wind
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she shares.
right in the city center, because there are too many stops and red lights”,”text”:”It’s quite motivating to go along Lake Ontario, because a lot of people are training, but I won’t do that [courir] in the city center, because there are too many stops and red lights”}}”>It’s pretty motivating to go along Lake Ontario because a lot of people are training, but I won’t do that [courir] in the city center, because there are too many stops and red lights
she expresses.
On board tram route 504
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Due to construction on King Street, streetcar route 504 is currently detouring onto Queen Street.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Charley Dutil
Emilie Daveluy begins the tram challenge aboard route 504 on the street King, one of the busiest routes on the network, especially during peak hours. With the construction, which brings a detour on Queen Street, she expects to spend a good hour there.
Who will arrive first? The answer in the video.
With the collaboration of Camile Gauthier, Charley Dutil, Nadine Mbemba and Pierre-Mathieu Tremblay
