Toronto council considering potential changes to major thoroughfare
Toronto politicians are set to decide on measures that would redesign part of a major thoroughfare to better serve pedestrians and cyclists, a vote that comes as the city grapples with a spike in pedestrian deaths.
City staff have recommended councillors approve a proposal to widen sidewalks on a 2.7-kilometre section of Yonge Street in a northern part of the city.
Transform Yonge. Image via City of Toronto.
A staff report said the road has inconsistent sidewalk widths, lacks pedestrian crossings or medians, and doesn’t have dedicated “cycling facilities.”
It also recommended adding bike lanes to the road, but Mayor John Tory said he supports an alternative measure that would see the bike lanes added to a parallel street ? something the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee has also supported. The staff report had further recommended reducing lanes of traffic on the stretch of road from six to four, though the public works committee and Tory support an option that leaves all six lanes intact.
Yonge Street, looking south, in the heart of North York Centre. A place to drive through, or a community's main street"#REimagineYonge pic.twitter.com/zC2cZy0ZLp
— Gil Meslin (@g_meslin) March 18, 2018
The staff report suggested the changes be implemented as part of a complete overhaul of that stretch of road, which hasn’t been upgraded since 1975.
City council, which is meeting Monday through Wednesday, was set to vote on the proposed measu...
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