City staff are recommending that the temporary bike lanes along a stretch of Yonge Street in midtown Toronto be made permanent, despite some minor traffic delays in the area.
The city first installed the bike lanes on Yonge Street between Bloor Street and Davisville Avenue in the summer of 2021 as part of a “complete street” pilot project that also brought expanded restaurant patios and other public realm improvements to the corridor.
Automobile travel times are now generally 20 to 69 seconds slower than the pre-pandemic baseline in the northbound direction, staff say, and 30 seconds shorter to 55 seconds longer in the northbound direction. According to the report, there has been a “significant growth” in cycling along Yonge Street since the lanes were put into place, ranging from a 57 per cent increase at Bloor Street to a 250 per cent increase at Davenport Road.
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