OP-ED: Yonge Street deserves pedestrianization
Other cites have done it, we can do it too, says Shane Gates
By Shane GatesI live near the intersection of Yonge and Dundas Streets, where, according to the city’s own data published in 2021 (PDF), 76% of road users are pedestrians despite their being allocated less than 25% of the road space. Drivers dominate the space and their presence negatively impacts the enjoyability of the area: illegal parking on every main and adjacent street, turning two lanes each way into one or blocking the view of the crosswalk; illegal turns at Yonge and Dundas, where several... Read more
