Cory Doctorow on Nostr: Now, it's hard to overstate the dire traffic in Toronto. Years of neglect and ...
Now, it's hard to overstate the dire traffic in Toronto. Years of neglect and underinvestment in both the roads and the transit system have left both in a state of near collapse and it's not uncommon for multiple, consecutive main arteries to shut down without notice for weeks, months, or, in a few cases, *years*. The proliferation of Ubers on the road - driven by desperate people trying to survive the city's cost-of-living catastrophe - has only exacerbated this problem.
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