Comment 65592

By CaptainKirk (anonymous) | Posted July 05, 2011 at 23:26:13

Downtown is not about traffic. Nor should it be.

We already have the freeways of Main and Cannon streets.

Let's make the downtown, a proper DOWNTOWN. For people!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/toronto-eyes-bold-makeover-of-busy-yonge-street-corridor/article2086650/

"A new planning blueprint for revitalizing the tired retail strip on Yonge Street north of Dundas envisions sidewalk cafes and street vendors, mid-rise buildings and heritage storefronts and one lane less in each direction for traffic on the city’s main drag."

"Taking its cue from projects such as New York’s transformation of Broadway or, closer to home, the redo of Kitchener’s downtown, the plan offers a solution to the growing numbers of pedestrians and recommends more street closings for special events.

“Pedestrians are literally falling off the sidewalks at busy times,” said planner Ken Greenberg, author of the study along with architect Marianne McKenna. More than 53,000 pedestrians use Yonge and Dundas in an eight-hour period, he said, making it the country’s busiest intersection, and foot traffic already outnumbers cars by more than two to one along Toronto’s main street. “We want to provide an opportunity for life to spill out onto the street,” he said."

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