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We still need to get this right. The 504 King will be one of the most heavily used transit routes in our city, with or without the Ontario Line.

Regarding King, we shouldn’t be too pessimistic about the lack of explicit cycle lanes. I’m sure the redesigned King will be far safer for all road users, including cyclists.

When I wrote that comment, I had streets like College in mind. Streets where we dedicate valuable road space to parking, rather than cycling/active transport.

Pretty hard to argue against that. Separated bike lanes are better for pedestrians, they’re better streetcars and they’re better for cyclists. The only thing standing in the way is our attachment to car-centric infrastructure. This option really needs to be pushed hard as RapidTO...

160 Front and Union Centre look link chonky siblings :D

I agree with you. Congestion would make it unworkable on narrower ROWs. And a total car ban is a non-starter. But it could work with a congestion charge. The City could dynamically set congestion charges at levels that allow streetcars to travel through the Downtown unimpeded. Under these...

Yes, this would be nice. College from University to Bathurst (approximately) could support this configuration. Bathurst from Queen to the Lakeshore as well. (Green-track on College would go nicely with the new U of T landscaping and whatever happens with University/Queen's Park redesign (also...

Nothing ever is. I just feel like as a general principal, bike lanes along our streetcar corridors needs to be a guiding design priority as RapidTO is implemented. It feels like bike lanes are treated as a "nice to have", on any corridor where streetcars are present. St Clair West is a good...

2028 isn't that far away, so I hope the design process starts soon. I'm eager to see what a redesigned King could look like. This is an opportunity to build something truly great. And I'm sure a lot of lessons from the Yonge redesign will be applied here.

The patios on King Street feel... exceptionally large. Danforth and Roncesvalles have smaller patios that are still functional, while allowing for bike lanes. We simply decided to prioritize patios over cycling. And to be fair, I think it's defendable decision. King is a very important...

Honestly, I think Toronto should just be bold and install high-quality separated bike lanes across the entirety of the streetcar network, even if it's at the cost of removing parking and driving lanes. The streetcar corridors are ideal for cycling. All the streetcar corridors are flat...

How is it possible to fit it on Roncesvalles, but not King? The bike lanes would fit if they simply reduced the sizes of the patios. This feels like a choice to prioritize patio space over cycling. Given the proximity of Richmond and Adelaie, I suppose it’s a defendable decision, but it’s...

The Sheppard Subway doesn't do anything to improve trips for the tens of thousands of FWLRT commuters who need to travel towards Yonge. Without FWLRT, they're forced to make a transfer at Keele.

Has the City ever addressed why King doesn't have bike lanes? Roncesvalles has both separated bike lanes and CafeTO patios, and that street is narrower than much of King Street.

This is a good measure, but ultimately just a bandaid. I wish we had more permanent, physical traffic calming measures. Things like raised crosswalks, for example.

I do hope Queen's Park immediately pushes for an extension, because I suspect it would cheaper/easier to continue this phase of construction, and add a few dozen vehicles to the current order. This is basically what they did with the Eglinton West LRT. If this were to happen, the extension to...

Finch Station happens to be located entirely north of Finch Avenue. The Finch LRT would run under Finch Avenue, and therefore it's highly unlikely that construction from YNSE would have substantial impacts on Finch. Also keep in mind that this extension has already been assessed and found to be...

It would presumably intersect a future Ontario Line extension, so this is a very logical termination point.

Can the TTC turn them off? What if a train without ATC (eg, T1s or maintenance vehicles) needs to travel on Line 1 for whatever reason?

You know, a decade ago I used to be able to keep track of virtually everything related to urban design happening in Toronto (and I'm lumping transit it with this too). I would've been able to tell you minute details of every initiative happening, because there just weren't that many of them...