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spmarshall
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Fabien Siebert, owner of French restaurant Marcel, blames the bad traffic on King Street on a bottleneck of streetcars at Charlotte Street and King, where streetcars turning up Spadina Street get stuck behind streetcars going west on King.
I agree, this is a problem. It is exasperated by left-turns from westbound King to southbound Spadina, which are often done illegally. But Richmond/Adelaide, which have been sacrificed to the cars (I am not arguing in favour of changing this at this point), are great alternatives. Wellington does the trick too for most of the Entertainment District, as does Front.
Toronto does have a very easy grid, and it helps too that with few exceptions (Passmore Ave, gaps in Lawrence, and across Humber north of 401), we have the concession system retained or improved across the city.