[URBAN NOTE] "King Street could get dedicated streetcar lane"

[rfmcdonald]

blogTO reports on a King Street streetcar initiative I quite approve of.

Remember the plan to overhaul King Street? City staff want to make this main thoroughfare better for pedestrians, drivers and commuters who rely on the streetcar by giving it an extreme makeover.

One of the ideas is to make dedicated sections for a streetcar right of way and to reduce vehicular traffic on the street. King would be known as a "Transit Priority Street" according to the preliminary plans.

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Public consultations for this pilot project are supposed to begin this winter. As previously reported, the pilot might come to fruition as early as spring 2017.