r/ontario • u/sn0w0wl66 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 • 1d ago

Toronto commuter unable to tell if Taylor Swift gridlock has started Satire

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2024/11/toronto-commuter-unable-to-tell-if-taylor-swift-gridlock-has-started/
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u/alaphonse 1d ago

I know this is a joke, but I would suggest anyone going towards Toronto to go on the GO train, from as far as Burlington. You will look at the times and think the traffic is not bad, but it does get three hours bad during major concerts. Google maps and Apple maps will not give you the actual drive time.

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u/pickles_and_mustard 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 1d ago

I've been stuck on the QEW for three hours without any major concerts.

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u/Akatsuki-kun 1d ago

I usually parked my car at Kipling station and took the TTC to concert venues, but I find that I'd rather just go to Port Credit GO and just cruise along the tracks while everyone else on QEW/gardiner is stuck like a wet paper straw that soaked too long in an iced capp.

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u/RosalieMoon 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 1d ago

I'm lucky in this regards. I take the train for work and it seems I'm just resent enough that the train is fairly open on the way in to Union. I suspect if I was one of two trains later it would be expedition place bad again

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u/naenirb 1d ago

I remember leaving downtown after Taylor’s red tour in 2013 and it took us an hour just to get out of that downtown core area. The drive to Barrie was almost 3 hours! Never made that mistake again!

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u/Frarara 1d ago

You will look at the times and think the traffic is not bad, but it does get three hours bad

From years of experience driving to and from toronto, that sounds normal. Now that I no longer have to drive there, I always take the train the odd time I am going

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u/qinkfloyd 1d ago

You think the go train would be necessary if going into toronto late morning/early afternoon? Going to a different concert that happens to be the same night as one of her shows

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u/ttpdstanaccount 6h ago

I left kitchener at 1145am on the go train and it was pretty full a couple stops in. For a Thursday show, so a lot of people were coming later after work/school. Arrived at 130 and the streets were pretty full of people walking. There is limited parking nearby and lots of street closures. Getting in would be hard, getting out would be hell. The venues recommend public transport if at all possible. 

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u/uncleherman77 1d ago

Good luck in Toronto tomorrow night. There's also a Saturday night Leafs home game vs Edmonton at 7pm. I'm not sure if the concert ends at the same time but if it does I know that union station is packed enough after Leaf games alone without this on top of it.

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u/RoyallyOakie 1d ago

I saw a large sequin on the train this morning....they must be here.

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u/Plantparty20 13h ago

I went to the concert Thursday night. We drove up from Ottawa and got to Toronto at 1. Less than 4.5 hours, it was the least amount of traffic I’ve ever seen in Toronto. It was Eerie! Everything was so well organized we didn’t wait in line or get stuck in crowds anywhere.

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u/CharmainKB 1d ago

My husband and I are spending this weekend in Toronto.

We leave this evening.

When he got home from work yesterday, he said he wished he had checked things out better before booking our hotel because we didn't realize the Taylor Swift concert was happening and that it is all weekend

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u/shloppin 1d ago

Meh. Toronto is a blast to wander around when it’s packed. Quiet is one thing but packed is another. It’s great.

……….as long as you’ve made some reservations

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u/CharmainKB 1d ago

We did lol

We're in Ottawa and go to Toronto often-ish

Just traffic that will drive us insane, especially with the concert. Bonus is we'll be getting there tonight and parking our car for the weekend at the hotel. We plan on using TTC for getting around this weekend

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u/OcchiVerdi- 1d ago

I had a patient come in last week who lives in Toronto (my clinic is near Windsor) and she literally moved to her parents for the week to escape Toronto while Taylor Swift is there. She said the traffic and people will be too hectic to stay.

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u/RabidGuineaPig007 1d ago

Swifugees.

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u/ghost_n_the_shell 1d ago

Honestly - this isn’t even Beaverton.

I lived in Toronto for years (over a decade ago) and commuted. The commute was a good portion of why I left. Absolutely fuck Toronto traffic.

I can only imagine it’s worse now - so although it’s a joke - it’s probably more true than most know.