Clearly this city has no posted signs about how King Street works. It would be a major confusion for people unfamiliar. They expect immigrants to know about the streetcar corridor announced from 2017 when they just arrived last year. They know they can't go straight but they do it anyways just to not get lost and circle around in traffic (which could be 15+ minutes lost to traffic).
Then there are people are just ignorant. I would love to walk by those idiot with a microphone tell them they are an dumbf***s. It would be better to is outright ban cars on King. Especially rush hour.
In no way should people be expected to know all of the special rules that govern individual streets in the province. Imagine driving in another city, and having to read up on all of the traffic rules that are special. No, what's needed is clear and consistent sign-age, which is made easier by removing exceptions, many of the other suggestions noted here regarding separate transit lights, and street design (also made easier if no exceptions need to be made), I'm thinking something like the big grooves on the Queen's Quay right of way before the tunnel.
The other part of the puzzle is enforcement. But, not only at King St. There needs to be consistent enforcement in the entire city (better yet, province), for blocking the box. Otherwise drivers will be like, hey, I do this every day in my part of town, how come I'm getting a ticket on this special street? I bet spending money on enforcement (handing out actual tickets, not some informational campaign) everywhere but King St would do a lot of improve the situation on King St.
Otherwise, we're stuck with traffic wardens forever, and the problems will come back immediately after they're gone, which will happen eventually, due to change of government, or something else.
