Toronto Cleared Cars Off Its Biggest Transit Street, and Ridership Soared Almost Overnight
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In the three months since car traffic was diverted off King Street, rush hour streetcar ridership has risen 25 percent.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Toronto
How Toronto Put Transit Riders First on King Street
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By deflecting private car traffic away from King Street, Toronto opened up new possibilities for faster, safer transit design.
Toronto Neighbors Calm Street Using Only Leaves and Chalk
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The "leafy neckdown" revealed 2,000 square feet of excess asphalt.
Toronto Shows How Easy It Is to Speed Up Surface Transit
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It only cost Toronto $1.5 million to clear cars off King Street and dramatically sped up streetcar trips for tens of thousands of people.
Toronto Has a Plan to Clear the Way for Streetcars Stuck in Traffic
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Toronto's busiest surface transit route could get a big upgrade as part of a year-long pilot project -- if it clears the Toronto City Council this summer, where suburban interests have a history of rejecting transit initiatives.
Parking Madness: Toronto vs. Medford, Massachusetts
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It's Parking Madness season at Streetsblog, and if you're just joining us, this year's competition is all about how we sabotage transit by surrounding stations with huge fields of parking. First round action continues today as Toronto takes on the Boston suburb of Malden. Vote for the worst to send it through to the round of eight.