Solid Snake
Active Member
They should build a ROW like St. Clair on both King and Queen between DVP and Roncevalles with a strict no parking bylaw.
That would push out bicycles and lead to a significant deterioration of the pedestrian experience if done incorrectly.
Furthermore, why do we want to prioritise drivers who are passing through the neighbourhood over anyone else? They should be the least of our priorities.
But see the thing is, even if cars were banned from King, it would still only have a minimal effect on the quality and reliability of the service, because of the number of traffic lights and stops that the streetcar makes. It doesn't matter if it has a ROW or not, if it's stopping every 300m it isn't going to be a very fast service.
The Spadina streetcar uses Charlotte St. for short turns.
Requiring a greater set back is a zoning issue. A right-of-way is an expropriation issue. The former costs nothing, the latter costs can be astronomical.I would like to see that the city require an additional setback of new buildings, when they are building them. Then the city could widen the roadway to put in a right-of-way, even if for only a city block. Maybe over the decades, the right-of-way can be expanded. Look at King Street West, between Simcoe and John. Why didn't they widen King Street southward to put in a right-of-way?
However, that is only long-term thinking, and the city planners don't seem to consider that. Everything has to be short-term, or until the next election.
Requiring a greater set back is a zoning issue. A right-of-way is an expropriation issue. The former costs nothing, the latter costs can be astronomical.
Thanks to cars & Traffic
One spot I counted 25 cars with 32 people in them while the streetcars had over 1,000 riders. West View
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Streetcars backup because of traffic
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East View at the same spot of the west view just after shooting the west
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This was an extreme cases of rush hour congestion caused by a closure of lakeshore Blvd, which pushed vehicular traffic off of lakeshore and on to King....ironically, the accident seems to have been caused by a pedestrian error (starting to cross after the countdown had begun and causing a vehicle to make an evasive - albeit illegal- lane change).......so if we are going to use this extreme example as support for closing king to car traffic we should acknowledge all the facts and we should notice that if this is what happens when one road is asked to carry two road's worth of traffic......this will become the norm.....just on a road that is not called "King"Wow. I always assumed this was caused by mechanical failure, not by simple traffic (I don't ride the King car that often). Makes the situation that much more frustrating. Especially since the solution is so simple and can be implemented at $0.
Do we know when Council is set to vote in the King/Queen ROW?
"No capisce English."
"Don't understand English." That would be the usual excuse.
Personally, there is just much reliance on signs, signs, everywhere signs.