These road closures are just one part of the city's ActiveTO plan, which also includes a quick expansion of Toronto's cycling network and 65 kilometres of "quiet streets": small neighbourhood streets with signage to encourage slow, local vehicle access only.
Toronto approves 40 km of bike lanes, but what about Yonge Street?
"There are 150 groups that support bike lanes on Yonge. If the bike lanes are intended to provide transit relief, then there is no better place for the lanes."
No, Toronto’s problem isn’t ‘too many’ people going outside. It’s too little public space
"Physical distancing will be part of our lives for months, and possibly far longer. Telling people to never go out makes no sense, and won’t work. Instead, we need to think about how to make more space for walkers, joggers and cyclists."
Majority believes Toronto's not doing enough to make streets safer, survey suggests
The survey also found high levels of support for two transformative Yonge Street initiatives which will be hot topics this year at city hall: the polarizing Transform Yonge project in North York and the Yonge Tomorrow project downtown.
2020 could be a transformative year in Toronto. Here's what to expect at city hall
"We have an opportunity to rethink, re-imagine, and ultimately redesign and reconstruct Yonge Street for the next 100 years," Wong-Tam said, "and that includes opportunities to widen the sidewalk to put pedestrian priority emphasis on this downtown portion."
Opinion: Let’s re-make Yonge Street to address the climate emergency
The challenge is ensuring Yonge continues to support a flourishing neighbourhood and business district while addressing the council-declared climate emergency.
Give downtown Yonge St. to pedestrians
When the Toronto Raptors capped off their championship run earlier this year and I was possessed by a strange, powerful need to leave my house and be among people who also just witnessed this incredibly great basketball win, I had no doubt about where I would go.
I went to Yonge Street.
This is what a carless downtown Yonge Street could one day look like
The intense volume of pedestrians that frequent the downtown portion of Yonge Street is growing by the day, so the city is looking to make some serious changes to accommodate the growth.
The future of downtown Yonge Street
The City of Toronto has an online survey asking residents to weigh in on a possible redesign of downtown Yonge Street.
This New Toronto Project Could Make Yonge The First Car-Free Street In The City
Imagine taking a stroll down Yonge Street, walking past Dundas-Square and not seeing a car in sight. Weird right? Well, that's what one Toronto Yonge Street project, yongeTOmorrow, aims to do after an increase in pedestrian demand in the area.
