I live a few blocks north of the Lakeshore on King
Street. Every year I develop a plan for
dealing with the Indy. Not only does the
race close the Lakeshore, it also causes traffic to divert north to King Street
and all the little streets north and south of King as people try to get where
they are going.
This year my plan is to leave the car in the garage and take
transit. (This is usually my plan,
unless I can get out of town.) But the
TTC thwarted me by also shutting down the subway between Jane and
Ossington. I just cannot go west! (Well, to be fair, there are shuttle
buses.) So I had to miss meeting the
group in High Park on Saturday.
I needed blogpost material though, so I looked up the Indy
website to see what they could offer. I’m
sorry to tell you that it’s written in a foreign language, referring to things
I cannot understand. I can tell you
there’s a Canadian driver, Parker Thompson from Alberta who might or might not
be well placed in the race Sunday afternoon.
He starts in fourth position, whatever that means. And when the race is over, they are all off
to Ohio. And I’ll be able to get my car
out!
