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The City of Toronto has a program in place to add sidewalks on both sides of all arterial<\/strong> and collector<\/strong> roads in Toronto (not local roads). The work is proceeding gradually, with a couple of million dollars a year assigned. For example, next year a sidewalk will finally be added to the side of 401 Richmond, at Spadina.<\/p>\n

To get an idea of where the work is needed, the City is building a database of where arterial and collector roads are missing sidewalks. They welcome additional information — there are always more to add. If you know of an arterial or collector road (in general, a four-lane road) that is missing a sidewalk, check to see if it is in the database<\/a>. If it is missing, contact Lisa Ing at Lisa_Ing@toronto.ca<\/a> with the location so that the City can put it on its list. Please do not<\/strong> send local roads — they are not part of the program. If you live on a local road and want a sidewalk put in, contact your councillor.<\/p>\n

Wider sidewalks may be in store for Front Street at Union Station. The consultants working on the Union Station Precinct<\/a> plan released options<\/a> (big PDF) for redeveloping Front street on December 13. Some of them are little better than the current situation, but there is one that is obviously superior — reducing Front Street to two lanes of traffic, with laybys for taxis and drop-offs, with much wider sidewalks and better pedestrian crossings. The consultants are also playing with interesting paving and ordering ideas. Contact them<\/a> and tell them to go with the two-lane option.<\/p>\n

Check out, as well, the crosswalk on the north intersection of Lawrence and Yonge, where the markings are embedded into the asphalt. It’s a more durable technology the city is considering for wider use.<\/p>\n

On a bigger scale, the City is just in the process of initiating the creation of a Toronto Pedestrian Plan. It’s still in the conceptual stages, but it’s a very exciting project that could make a big difference in making the city more pedestrian-oriented. We will post further details as they become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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