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Transportation: Expensive Mistake
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    Category: Subway/Metro
    Getting TO/AROUND: If you buy TTC tokens, be careful that you don't get them mixed up with your coins. They are extremely similar to Canadian dimes and it is an expensive mistake to spend them as dimes when each one is worth about $2. I usually have a separate baggie or coin purse that I keep mine in.

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    Website: www.ttc.ca
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    Transportation: Streets that change names
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    Category: Car/Motor Home
    Getting TO/AROUND: There are a number of streets in Toronto that change names part way along. It can be confusing if you don't know about it. Here are some of the major ones.

    Bloor St. becomes Danforth Ave at the Don Valley.

    College Street becomes Carlton St. at Yonge or just east of it.

    Peter Street becomes Blue Jays Way south of King St.

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    Transportation: Avoiding Idleness
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    Category: Car/Motor Home
    Getting TO/AROUND: The City of Toronto has a bylaw which prohibits idling a car for longer than three minutes. As smog and climate change become increasingly hot topics, enforcement of this law is increasing in lock step. Help everyone to breathe easier by turning your engine off.

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    Transportation: Fake TTC Tickets
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    Category: Subway/Metro
    Getting TO/AROUND: Don't buy transit tickets or passes from anyone trying to sell them to you other than a Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) employee. There is a flourishing black market in Toronto in counterfeit transit tickets.

    Often scammers will pose as a homeless person or someone who needs change and all they have to offer in return is transit tickets. Don't fall for it. They are fake and if you try to use them for TTC fare and get caught it is a big fine, and you might even get arrested.

    Some businesses are certified to sell TTC tickets, however since you are a tourist and less likely to be able to discern the genuine article from fakes, I would suggest you play it safe and only buy your tickets, tokens and passes at a TTC station, or have the exact fare to get on the bus or streetcar. It just saves a lot of hassles.

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    Website: http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/ttc/
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    Comments for MissAntarctica2002 about Toronto
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    diversitygirl Tue Apr 22, 2008 02:28 UTC
     It sounds like Toronto people are kind of like NY, no?
    staindesign Tue Jun 26, 2007 00:36 UTC
     Your toronto page is fantastic! All of your tips really applied to me, i think i would like to do or see all of those things! Thanks for the inspiration, I can't wait to see your city!
    Veghel Sun May 7, 2006 08:05 UTC
     Thank you for your nice comment on my Antarctica pages. If I ever go to Toronto, I will revisit your pages, they're very good!
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