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Trams (AKA streetcars) with pedestrian mall in Zurich.
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TTC boss suggests banning cars from downtown King St. at rush hours
Read More: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/tra...cars_from_downtown_king_st_at_rush_hours.html
It’s time to look at taking the cars off downtown King St. — and maybe Queen as well — at least in the morning rush, says the head of the TTC.
- Councillor Karen Stintz, who chairs the TTC board, will move a motion there Monday asking staff to assess the feasibility of trying a transit corridor on King as a pilot during the 2015 Pan Am Games. The time has come for radical solutions if those cars are going to move unimpeded through the downtown, Byford said. The TTC would have to work with the city to assess the impact on traffic and business. “We need to get serious about enabling surface transit to move freely at the busiest times, in addition to introducing larger vehicles,†he said.
- “If you really want to crack the age-old problem of streetcars running in mixed traffic, coming up against people trying to do left turns or other blockages, is it not time to revisit — just as a study — the political and public appetite for a 7 a.m. until 9 a.m. transit-only-in-one-direction road, and displace the traffic elsewhere,†said Byford. “We’ve got to at least reopen that debate,†he said, adding that some city councillors have already expressed interest.
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The suburban equivalent of this story would be the confirmation that you can not have cars and transit mixed on a busy transit route like Eglinton. Either we ban all cars from Eglinton, or we are forced to Grade-separate the line.
Yes, I'm sure they all do.If you don’t believe me, just look at the soaring residential towers now taking shape around the Rogers Centre and along the lakeshore to Etobicoke.
Each and every one provides parking spaces for cars and presumably the residents take to them for their drive to work.
Stop blaming Toronto motorists for poor public policy (Rant)Toronto is sure getting its hate on against motorists. No matter that they are taxed, tolled and relentlessly ticketed at every turn.
Highway 407. Not strictly speaking in Toronto, but given it runs along the northern edge of the city from Pickering to Brampton, many Torontonians are frequently tolled. Heck, from downtown to a location in Toronto like Black Creek Pioneer Village, it's faster to take 404/407 than 401 at some times of the day!I don't recall any tolls.
Bunching? Surely you've observed the biggest problem with King is that at PM peak, it's faster many days to walk from Church to Bathurst, than take a streetcar.Enough conjecture, let's close King Street to motorists and cyclists for a week and observe the consequences. I have a sneaking suspicion that the streetcars will still bunch up because that's the way the operators like it. The number of riders divided by the number of streetcars won't change so how will the service be improved?