The new airport train should have been the sure winner when three Toronto Star reporters set out on a race to find the better way to the airport.

Their assignment was simple, drive, take the TTC or ride the Union Pearson Express to the airport and see who gets their first.

But as usual, the vagaries of Toronto transit and traffic conspired to make the lottery a safer bet than any the city’s roads and rails.

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The TTC suffered an unprecedented Monday morning hour-long, system-wide shut-down and the city was practically floating on rush-hour rainfall.

Still, the three reporters and a Star photographer converged on an ordinary neighbourhood — Riverdale in the east end — and set out at 9:25 a.m. to see who would reach the Air Canada departures counter at Pearson first.

In the end, the better way to Pearson — even in Monday’s wet weather — seems to depend on your route, your luck and your wallet.

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