Pedestrian streets in TO?

[junctionist]

I was walking through the U of T Campus yesterday, and while from what I've read Willcocks St is supposed to become pedestrian-only, the southern end of Devonshire was ALSO closed!! It had big vases blocking off traffic. I didn't hear about this in the plans. The Devonshire site is kind of a weird place to shut off, since there isn't a heck of a lot of pedestrian traffic there, versus other places at U of T.

I don't think permanent pedestrianization of Devonshire Place is in the plans. At the U of T, certain streets are closed temporarily for events throughout the year.

 

[gmania]

Devonshire is part of the pedestrian street pilot project at U of T. Here is the link to the staff report from the TEYCC meeting on August 17:

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-33030.pdf

According to the report, Devonshire could be closed for approximately one year.

Also, Appendix A outlining all the changes to traffic and parking regs.

U of T Drawings:

Willcocks
Devonshire

Ryerson Drawing:

Gould