{"id":2098,"date":"2007-07-16T12:35:38","date_gmt":"2007-07-16T16:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:48:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:48:20","slug":"spacing-poll-where-should-pedestrian-only-zones-be-located","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/07\/16\/spacing-poll-where-should-pedestrian-only-zones-be-located\/","title":{"rendered":"SPACING POLL: Where should pedestrian-only zones be located?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1123\/828777215_7347bc662a.jpg\" alt=\"Yonge St. Pedestrian Mall, 1972\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the start of June, <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=1953\">I wrote a post<\/a> about how Toronto needs to begin the process of creating pedestrian-only zones in the city &#8212; we lag behind many large (and dare I say world-class) cities when it comes to giving over a part of the city to our feet.  In the mid-1970s, Yonge Street below Bloor was closed off to traffic for the summer (above photo). The project died out after a few years because of a lack of local merchant support, but I suspect the time is just about right for Toronto to *really* start thinking of where and how to implement such a scheme.<\/p>\n<p>I have taken the most popular suggestions from that post&#8217;s comment section and included them in this week&#8217;s Spacing Poll: <strong>Which part of the city should be the first to become a pedestrian-only zone?<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<script language=\"javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/www.polldaddy.com\/p\/71529.js\"> <\/script> <noscript> <a href =\"http:\/\/www.polldaddy.com\" >Surveys<\/a> &#8211; <a href =\"http:\/\/www.polldaddy.com\/poll.asp?p=71529\" >Take Our Poll<\/a> <\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHECK OUT THE OTHER SPACING POLLS:<\/strong><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=2078\">Should Toronto implement road tolls on Gardiner and DVP?<\/a><br \/>\n&bull; <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=2058\">How many bikes have been stolen from you?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>photo by Toronto Archives<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the start of June, I wrote a post about how Toronto needs to begin the process of creating pedestrian-only zones in the city &#8212; we lag behind many large (and dare I say world-class) cities when it comes to giving over a part of the city to our feet. 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