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Too fast, too furious? Local residents want the city to slow speeding traffic on Avenue Road by turning part of it into a park
After years of pushing the city to make Avenue Road safer and getting few results, a group of local residents have unveiled their own designs they say would transform the street from an urban speedway cutting through their neighbourhood into a tree-lined pedestrian-friendly boulevard.
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Local group wants city to act now and change Avenue Road
According to a traffic study that was conducted before the pandemic, the 2.1-kilometre stretch of Avenue Road carries 30,000 vehicles per day, and 85 per cent of drivers exceed the 50 km/h speed limit. Compounding the problem is that the sidewalks are less than two metres wide. The only stretch of Avenue Road that hasn’t…
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Plan to widen sidewalks on Avenue Road is set for community council
NowToronto.com: Avenue Road says a lot about our city, even if it’s no longer what we want to hear. The hilly, six-lane stretch between St. Clair West and Bloor literally … Read more