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It is 5.10 P.M. and the location is the traffic light at the Bathurst-Fleet intersection. Cars are jammed here, well away from the proposed 15 m.p.h. (...)
It is 5.10 P.M. and the location is the traffic light at the Bathurst-Fleet intersection. Cars are jammed here, well away from the proposed 15 m.p.h. (...)

It is 5.10 P.M. and the location is the traffic light at the Bathurst-Fleet intersection. Cars are jammed here, well away from the proposed 15 m.p.h. (...)

Date8/23/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: It is 5.10 P.M. and the location is the traffic light at the Bathurst-Fleet intersection. Cars are jammed here; well away from the proposed 15 m.p.h. zone between Strachan and Sunnyside Aves. It's tough enough to get traffic moving here. At Sunnyside it's worse.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
      Object NumberTSPA_0115451F
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      Spremo, Boris
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      Geo, Mario
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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      McConnell, Colin
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