I challenge the merits of even considering "passability" of a 250 person vehicle by a 1 person vehicle. Slowing down the commute of 250 people so that one asshole can get to work ten minutes faster is entirely counter productive and a shitty way to manage road capacity.
Toronto is a big city and we need to be thinking about throughout on the roads. People miles per hour.
Boy you sure do have a hate on for "asshole" car drivers. I'm sure there's many people who drive solo downtown but I'll bet most do it to save a lot more than 10 minutes. Not everyone can live in your little utopia fuji, where it's practical and time efficient to take public transit to and from work.
I think if you researched how many people commute to downtown solo to save less than 10 minutes the numbers wouldn't be that great. Most people drive because it saves them time and gives them the freedom if necessary to make additional stops on the way home.
If someone owns a car and they save 30 mins. each way per day vs. transit, that's a time savings of about 250 hours a year. Driving saves 375 hours a year vs. transit.
Considering the least expensive part of owning a car (which I need to shuttle around my wife, kids, parents etc.) is the fuel, it's a no brainer for me to drive. In fact I only pay 2.75 per day in fuel cost above the price of a Metropass. If I factor in the TTC fares I would have to pay to drive my family and parents everywhere, it probably equals what I pay for fuel. Not to mention I don't have to stand when it's raining or snowing to wait for transit twice a day.
Based on my situation, I'll drive thank you very much. I know many who are in the exact same position which is why there's so many cars on the road.
If that makes me an asshole, so be it.