Nearly 3/4 of a million public transit commuters per week must play a distant second fiddle while riding the streetcar, to those 3% of commuters that transit via private vehicles..
Factually, it is just as quick to walk from Liberty Village to Yonge Street as it is to ride the Red Rocket. This is a very sad testimony, especially if Toronto truly aspires to becoming a World Class City.
Presently, a new progressive pilot project is being proposed that would give Priority to Streetcars, Pedestrians & Cyclists over private vehicles. This European concept is being highly touted by numerous planners & politicians at City Hall. Reference to study after study evidently details that this would be much better for merchants, the expanding community and general lifestyles. Perhaps the time is at hand to elevate the civic minded individual over the preponderance tendency of reinforcing the prehistoric 50`s mentality that the Car owns the road.
King Street West is reaching a physical & metaphorical crossroad. The time is now to speak out about your neighborhood and how it will be developed.
Please take a minute to read Alex`s Bozikovic most insightful article (attached) about this pilot project. Carpe Diem !
Alex Bozikovic. (2017, Saturday, February 18.) “Rethinking King Street: Is Toronto ready to move forward?”. The Globe and Mail.
