Rainforest
Senior Member
They tried PAINTING a streetcar right-of-way on St. Clair Avenue West. Didn't work, the single-occupant automobile drivers just ignored the paint and drove on the streetcar tracks. That's why they had to put in a physical separated right-of-way on St. Clair.
To my knowledge, cars weren't prohibited on the St. Clair streetcar lanes before the R.O.W. got built.
I lived near St Clair long ago (before 2003) and remember that the central lanes were officially shared between streetcars and cars. Perhaps there was a short period after I left, when the cars were banned but not physically prevented from using those lanes; but I am not aware of such restrictions ever being in place.