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BMO said:
Extending the line to Keele would likely be a waste, and needlessly redundant. There are no trip generators, aside from High Park itself, between Roncesvalles and Bloor via Howard Park and the low-density development makes it very difficult to justify. You could easily access High Park quicker by connecting to Line 2. You'd be better off putting any money on enhancing the connection between College Street to Dundas West Station to be able to accommodate more streetcars so that the 506 can terminate there.
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You see a lot of people boarding the 506 from the Main subway, that travel to Upper Gerrard and the eastern parts of Lower Gerrard.

Why wouldn't you see similar from the Bloor line.
 
nfitz said:
You see a lot of people boarding the 506 from the Main subway, that travel to Upper Gerrard and the eastern parts of Lower Gerrard.

Why wouldn't you see similar from the Bloor line.
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Agreed. And all one has to do is live proximous to Roncesvalles to see the huge crush that travels up and down to/from Dundas West in peak to see the line of travel.

I keep flashing onto using the Queensway run for King cars when it re-opens, but you still have to get the crush up and down to/from Line 2. As it stands, the King Kore Klearway is an orphan. And no articulated vision from the City to make it otherwise.

In all fairness, that would take 'vision'...which is expecting far too much from Council and the idiots who elect their own kind.
 
@BenSpurr 6m6 minutes ago
Ahead of the release later today of latest batch of data on King St., Mayor Tory, who has been briefed on the numbers, told media "the data is generally positive on all fronts."
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@BenSpurr 5m5 minutes ago
For the first time since the pilot began, the city is expected to release economic data about the effect on local business. Tory said the stats will show "there are some pockets of concern that we have to address, but that by and large, people are going to get through this."
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https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/945f-King-Street_Jan-2018-Dashboard.pdf

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Leo_Chan said:
So because of the time the pilot was implemented, no significant changes for the norm could be seen. Once again, should have been implemented in the Spring.
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Why? The Pilot is not trying to increase retail activity and the figures seem to show it had no significant effect. Retail sales were down on ALL streets studied - it was far colder than usual!
 
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News Release

February 16, 2018

Updated data released for Toronto's King Street Transit Pilot

The City of Toronto today released the next set of data on the King Street Transit Pilot, a transit-priority pilot project on King Street from Bathurst Street to Jarvis Street.

This set of data includes transit ridership, streetcar travel times, streetcar reliability, car volumes and average car travel times, pedestrian volumes and economic point-of-sale data.

The January data dashboard is available at http://bit.ly/2BwOW86.

The year-long pilot project is being monitored for impact on transit service, traffic flow on parallel streets and effects on pedestrians, cyclists and local businesses.

Data from the King Street Transit Pilot is being released on a monthly basis on about the 12th of each month.

This news release is also available on the City's website: http://bit.ly/2EOf1la

Toronto is Canada's largest city, the fourth largest in North America, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people. It is a global centre for business, finance, arts and culture and is consistently ranked one of the world's most livable cities. For information on non-emergency City services and programs, Toronto residents, businesses and visitors can visit http://www.toronto.ca, call 311, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/TorontoComms, on Instagram at http://www.instagram.com/cityofto or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/cityofto.

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Those against the King Street Transit Priority must hate the pedestrianization of Times Square in New York City.

See link.
 
Juan_Lennon416 said:
Why does this thread even exist? Everyone is just agreeing with one another that the pilot project is a good thing. There is no debate or anything.
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Well .... first of all there HAS been lots of discussion - you may not have been paying attention. Most UTers are in favour of tye concept but certainly some of the details have mixed reviews.
Secondly, it's a 'pilot' that is being tweaked and this is not a bad place to throw out ideas of how it could be improved once (I hope) it is made permanent and even in the pilot phase.
 
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