A six-month project to upgrade the streetcar route along Spadina Avenue has only just started, but is already causing headaches for drivers, cyclists and businesses alike.
to upgrade the streetcar route along Spadina Avenue has only just started, but is already causing headaches for drivers, cyclists and businesses alike.
But despite the service adjustment, some businesses in the area say that they remain worried that the increased traffic on one of the busiest streets in the city over the next six months could have a negative impact on their bottom line. “They’re eliminating all the parking along Dundas Street…so once a truck comes into the area, if there's no parking on the laneway, where the cars normally park…then they have to double park, and when they double park I mean, there's only one lane that you can use for the bus and for other cars. So that will create a lot of slowdown, especially during rush hour,” he said, adding that the BIA has been meeting with the TTC on a weekly basis for updates on the project.
“Certainly, it's added to congestion on the road, and during the planning process, I don't believe that enough attention was given to vulnerable road users, cyclists and pedestrians alike, to consider when it came to these changes.” That would mean all southbound traffic in the area would be reduced to two lanes and on street-parking and a taxi stand would be removed.
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