10 busiest intersections in Toronto, what about Yonge and Steeles?

[jaycola]

In this Toronto Star article, they name the busiest intersections in the city.
http://www.thest
ar.com/news/gta/transportation/2015/04/10/the-10-busiest-intersections-in-toronto-are-.html

YONGE ST. & DUNDAS ST. 129,704

YONGE ST. & EGLINTON AVE. 128,564

BAY ST. & QUEEN ST. 115,940

DUNDAS ST. & BAY ST. 115,382

KING ST. & JARVIS ST. 110,768

STEELES AVE. & HWY 404 108,356

AVENUE RD. & BLOOR ST. 105,502

MARKHAM RD. & SHEPPARD AVE. 99,315

BAY ST. & WELLINGTON ST. 97,014

YONGE ST. & CARLTON ST. 95,650

Here are the most recent traffic counts from the city of Toronto web site. https://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Toronto/Transportation Services/Road safety/Files/pdf/24hourvolumemap2013.pdf

Based on the numbers provided by the city attached, the intersection of Yonge and Steeles appears to be the busiest in the city in number of cars. Using the numbers provided combining all directions it appears between 91000-96000 (2012-2013 numbers) vehicles should pass through the intersection every 24 hours.
I couldn't find another intersection with what appears to be higher vehicle traffic on this Toronto Transportation document.

The Star article uses 67,000 (2010 numbers) for vehicles and 6000 pedestrians. Not sure how this is possible based on the cities own numbers provided.

When we look at traffic count numbers from York Region they also omit this intersection from their counts.
http://archives.york.ca/councilcommitteearchives/pdf/part 3.pdf
I guess no-one wants to claim this corner as their own?

Add to that the fact that intersection sees among the greatest number of buses of any in the GTA intersection and I believe this should certainly be in the top 10 list.

This intersection represents the crossroads of Three cities and the gateway to Toronto (and York Region). Maybe because of the divided nature of the location and the stall in transit improvements (ie Yonge Subway Extension), no-one wants to look objectively at this location?

 

[BMO]

In this Toronto Star article, they name the busiest intersections in the city.
http://www.thest
ar.com/news/gta/transportation/2015/04/10/the-10-busiest-intersections-in-toronto-are-.html

YONGE ST. & DUNDAS ST. 129,704

YONGE ST. & EGLINTON AVE. 128,564

BAY ST. & QUEEN ST. 115,940

DUNDAS ST. & BAY ST. 115,382

KING ST. & JARVIS ST. 110,768

STEELES AVE. & HWY 404 108,356

AVENUE RD. & BLOOR ST. 105,502

MARKHAM RD. & SHEPPARD AVE. 99,315

BAY ST. & WELLINGTON ST. 97,014

YONGE ST. & CARLTON ST. 95,650

Here are the most recent traffic counts from the city of Toronto web site. https://www1.toronto.ca/City Of Toronto/Transportation Services/Road safety/Files/pdf/24hourvolumemap2013.pdf

Based on the numbers provided by the city attached, the intersection of Yonge and Steeles appears to tbe the busiest in the city in number of cars. Using the numbers provided combining all directions it appears between 91000-96000 (2012-2013 numbers) vehicles should pass through the intersection every 24 hours.
I couldn't find another intersection with what appears to be higher vehicle traffic on this Toronto Transportation document.

The Star article uses 67,000 (2010 numbers) for vehicles and 6000 pedestrians daily in the intersection and fails to show the pedestrian numbers in the image. Not sure how this is possible based on the cities own numbers provided.

When we look at traffic count numbers from York Region they also omit this intersection from their counts.
http://archives.york.ca/councilcommitteearchives/pdf/part 3.pdf
I guess no-one wants to claim this corner as their own?

Add to that the fact that intersection sees among the greatest number of buses of any in the GTA intersection and I believe this should certainly be in the top 10 list.

This intersection represents the crossroads of Three cities and the gateway to Toronto (and York Region). Maybe because of the divided nature of the location and the stall in transit improvements (ie Yonge Subway Extension), no-one wants to look objectively at this location?

I remember like 7 or 8 years ago how Steeles Ave used to be the worst road in the GTA and it required some form of Provincial or Federal money to finally get it fixed because neither Toronto nor York Region feel like footing the bill (i.e. if York Region is only Westbound side of the road why should it pay for the Eastbound lanes, etc).

 

[44 North]

When we look at traffic count numbers from York Region they also omit this intersection from their counts.
http://archives.york.ca/councilcommitteearchives/pdf/part 3.pdf

On page 22 of that report it gives monthly ridership numbers for the ten highest loading points, but not daily. Does anyone know the calculation or rule of thumb for getting daily transit numbers from monthly? I'm assuming it's not as simple as dividing by 30/31, considering wknds typically see much less usage than wkday.

 

[muller877]

Add to that the fact that intersection sees among the greatest number of buses of any in the GTA intersection and I believe this should certainly be in the top 10 list.

It's a silly top 10 list. Let's include pedestrians and number of vehicles...and then exclude bikes and transit users.

I can see a bunch of top 10's but it doesn't make sense to combine them. I can see:
- top pedestrian intersection
- top vehicular intersection
- top bike intersection
- top intersection by number of users (i.e. pedestrian + bike + vehicle x 1.5 people + transit users)

This report also has a very very long study period (13 years) where I assume they have studies certain intersections only once (and possibly in 1999). With the explosion in growth and demand on certain intersections over this period it does not create a current top 10.

 

[ehlow]

If you look at the map in that article showing car and pedestrian traffic separately you can see what an anomaly Yonge and eglinton is. Biggest pedestrian intersection outside the downtown core by far

 

[innsertnamehere]

Steeles is managed by the city of Toronto, but obviously is heavily used by York region residents. It leads to some issues. The far eastern part of Steeles is still in a 2 lane rural configuration, and York Region has been pushing the city to widen it for well over a decade now. Toronto finally has it on the docket, but it has taken a lot of fighting from York region since the widening primarily serves York region residents.

 

[Transportfan]

There's also that four-lane bottleneck between Bathurst and Yonge.