Scamble Intersections in Toronto

In a few weeks, Toronto is going be introduced with its first scramble intersection; an intersection that stop all car traffic to allow pedestrians full access to cross the street how ever which way they want. Even diagonally! Cars on all four sides of the intersection have to sit it out while pedestrians laugh in their faces. We think it's awesome that Toronto is implementing this. Yonge + Dundas is going to be the first intersection to be scrablefied in August. Plans to give other major Toronto intersections a scramble makeover are also in the talks and include Yonge + Bloor, Bay + Dundas and Bay + Bloor. Look out for them in the fall.

People of Toronto, don't look like a nadid-badid when August rolls around and you're standing at Yonge + Dundas waiting to cross. Diagonally walk that shit with style...just like we used to in Lennoxville, Quebec, the small university town that has been rocking the scramble intersection for years now (so beyond their years). Japan and our own très chic Montreal are other places where you can find this system. Toronto, way to have a shat load of pedestrians too. We love you.

Want to read more on it? Click here if you're in the mood: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/07/23/hall-monitor-a-new-way-to-cross-the-street-diagonally.aspx