{"id":7097,"date":"2009-10-12T18:21:07","date_gmt":"2009-10-12T22:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=7097"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:18:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:18:30","slug":"new-pedestrian-scramble-takes-a-right-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/10\/12\/new-pedestrian-scramble-takes-a-right-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"New pedestrian scramble takes a right turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"375\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fspacing%2Fsets%2F72157622447781869%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fspacing%2Fsets%2F72157622447781869%2F&#038;set_id=72157622447781869&#038;jump_to=\"\/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\"\/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/slideshow\/show.swf?v=71649\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" flashvars=\"offsite=true&#038;lang=en-us&#038;page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fspacing%2Fsets%2F72157622447781869%2Fshow%2F&#038;page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fspacing%2Fsets%2F72157622447781869%2F&#038;set_id=72157622447781869&#038;jump_to=\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>photos by Sam Javanrouh &#8212; also view series on Spacing&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spacing\/sets\/72157622447781869\/show\/\">Flickr account<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a rainy debut Friday morning, Toronto&#8217;s newest pedestrian scramble came online at 10am at the corner of Yonge and Bloor.<\/p>\n<p>The revamped intersection has two differences from the city&#8217;s first scramble installation at Yonge and Dundas: right turns are allowed on green lights, which may gum things up slightly at first, but there are also no streetcars to contend with.<\/p>\n<p>City staff are expecting the standard confusion and grumbling to accompany the launch of latest piece of pedestrian-friendly infrastructure &#8212; unveiled, cleverly, on the final day of the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walk21.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Walk21 conference<\/a> (in New York this year).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/transportation\/walking\/ped_priority_phase.htm\" target=\"_self\">Next in line<\/a> for scrambles: Bay and Bloor and Bay and Dundas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photos by Sam Javanrouh &#8212; also view series on Spacing&#8217;s Flickr account In a rainy debut Friday morning, Toronto&#8217;s newest pedestrian scramble came online at 10am at the corner of Yonge and Bloor. 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