Chicago and Toronto are the two biggest cities of the Great Lakes megaregion of North America, and they share a lot of similarities. They have similar populations, climates, street grids, and positions on the lake. To Americans, Toronto is sideways Chicago; to Canadians it’s the opposite. But how do these two Great Lakes metropolises compare?
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Building heights came from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH):
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Populations came from the 2021 Canadian census and the 2020 US decennial census.
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Transit ridership numbers (see legend on bottom for type of transit): [ Ссылка ]
Toronto subway frequencies: [ Ссылка ]
Ghost trains in Chicago: [ Ссылка ]
Reece's writings on transit in Toronto vs. Chicago: [ Ссылка ]
Extending the Bloomingdale Trail in Chicago: [ Ссылка ]
6.6 million trips on Divvy in 2023: [ Ссылка ]
5.7 million trips on BikeShareTO in 2023: [ Ссылка ]
Greater Chicago has a higher median income: [ Ссылка ]
Toronto is less economically segregated: [ Ссылка ]
Toronto is less black-white racially segregated: [ Ссылка ]
Health inequalities in Chicago vs Toronto: [ Ссылка ]
