One small step for the King Street streetcar, one giant leap for Toronto GlobeDebate
That should be a no-brainer. The little transit miracle on King Street deserves to be studied, expanded and emulated.
Thanks to the project, commuting times have been significantly shortened, and passenger traffic on the streetcars is up 17 per cent. New streetcars have been added to the route, but they’re still overcrowded at rush hour. It proves that shortening commuting times doesn’t just benefit existing riders; it encourages new people to switch to public transit. The more a transit service is quick, frequent and convenient, the more people will use it. Obviously.The King car is not just Toronto’s busiest surface transit route. It carries as many people as the number riding the Sheppard subway and the Scarborough RT –
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