Walking south from Steeles

Today a couple of friends and I walked south from Finch station (i.e. the end of the Yonge line) to Queen station.

The original plan was to head all the way to the lake, but our group lost structural integrity at Queen: no big loss there.

I'd never really been north of Sheppard on Yonge outside of the blinding confines of a car before. It was an interesting experience. The most interesting thing that I learned is how it's not really that far to Finch; the whole walk took just over 3 hours at a fairly leisurely pace.

Funny Quote About The New Pedestrian Scramble

From City News:

It's that kind of pronouncement that angers drivers, who will now be forced to wait a lot longer at the lights, increasing their already simmering impatience and their feeling that City Hall is at war with the car.

"You've got to keep traffic moving somehow, and to hold up traffic just so a few pedestrians can cross wherever they want doesn't make sense," moans motorist Bryan Lawrence about the four way stop.

I love their choice of words, particularly "moans" and "simmering impatience." The hyperbolic words clash with the triviality of the situation and make the motorist's concerns seem entirely inconsequential.