Great chart from @GraphicMatt showing that speed cameras worked, greatly reducing # of people driving way over the speed limit, and their removal has resulted in more dangerous speeding.
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Every year, during the air show on Labour Day weekend, drivers decide they can park on the grass in the waterfront parks and use the Martin Goodman Trail as a road. Despite complaints from Walk Toronto and locals, the City has not stopped this. Video from this year. #walkTO
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From @GraphicMatt on the transformation of mode count at Mill & Cherry in the West Donlands: "Those two August counts are pretty darn remarkable, and do a good job of validating the work that went into building the West Don Lands into a walkable urban neighbourhood."
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Walk Toronto has sent out a municipal election action alert with 5 questions to ask your councillor and mayoral candidates about making Toronto a better city for walking. #walkTO #TOpoli mailchi.mp/61d95a9691f8/w…
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Walk Toronto was an early advocate for the accessible ramp tonthe Lower Don trail at the Riverdale pedestrian bridge. Great to see it almost completed. The lookout spot is a nice touch.
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Bad news for pedestrians who don't own a car, courtesy of the Doug Ford government. thestar.com/business/perso…
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The very long awaited accessible ramp from the Riverdale pedestrian bridge to the Don Valley trail is finally under construction! Walk Toronto has been advocating for it for a decade or more.
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Great Jane's Walk by @AlbertKoehl in partnership with Walk Toronto's Lee Scott and with Mariyan Boychev about the lack of direct pedestrian routes between the huge high rise community around Mabelle and nearby Islington Station #WalkTO
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Last night ( a Friday) - Bloor West sidewalk in Yorkville almost completely cut off by construction. Pedestrians forced onto narrow dangerous edge strip. No safe detour set up. #WalkTO
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Good news - the City is proposing to require truck sideguards for both City trucks and trucks contracted by the City. Truck sideguards improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians by protecting them from getting dragged under the truck. #WalkTO secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
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Are you interested in creating a more vibrant and walkable Toronto for everyone? Share your ideas, socialize, and enjoy a meal with us at Toronto's first community-organized Pedestrian Summit! cycleto.ca/pedestrian_sum…
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There's a plan to pedestrianize two blocks of Church Street for the summer! Read more here: torontocentreprojects.ca/en/projects/ch… #walkTO
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Temporary crosswalk on Muriel Street where construction of the Ontario Line Pape-Danforth station has closed the sidewalk. Metrolinx is setting these up, but they should be in place wherever in Toronto construction blocks a sidewalk.
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It's spring, and so time to re-start the petition to get Open Streets back in Toronto. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/mayo…
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Ever wonder what's under the sign on those pedestrian buttons? A Walk Toronto member captured this image from a pedestrian button in Seattle.
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It's good that the sidewalk plows are out there mid storm on at least some main streets to keep the accumulation down (and within their capacity).
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Is the reconstruction of John Street as a pedestrian-priority street finally going to happen, to be completed two decades after it was approved? Now scheduled, but the City needs to find extra budget since it's been so delayed. secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
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City is closing sidewalks on Elizabeth/Chestnut/Edward for an affordable housing project, but directs that safe and accessible walkways be built to compensate. secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
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Where Cars aren't king - list of intersections where pedestrians and cyclists outnumber cars and trucks (Bay and Front is WILD). And that's just ones counted in 2025. Total of 73 here: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/PkC1B/1/
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Back in the summer, @GraphicMatt did a chart of who was going through signalized intersections on Bathurst. Pedestrians outnumber cars at Bloor, and are very large numbers at most other intersections.
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ICYMI: The City is going to make Leader Lane in the St. Lawrence District a pedestrian zone. secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
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Big congratulations to Walk Toronto's @LeeScottWPW on the publication of her new book, "Step Outside: Walking your Way to Health and Happiness"! plumleafpress.com/product/step-o…
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The Transportation Tomorrow Survey 2022 finally began counting non-commute trips as well. The mode share for walking in Toronto jumped from 14% to 24% - a quarter of all trips for any purpose. (from dmg.utoronto.ca/wp-content/upl…) #walkTO
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The City finally installed a pedestrian crossing at the north side of Yonge and Crescent. But they also turned the east-west signals into SA2 style, meaning the light can turn green but the pedestrian signal stays red unless you press the button. The City gives, and takes away.
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Rally on Saturday Oct. 4, 10 am, Bloor and Dundas West (Toronto Public Health Office), by "Parents against speeding TO" to protest the removal of speed cameras. Also petition: change.org/p/stop-premier…
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"Will self-driving cars and robotaxis bring us Jaywalking 2.0?" asks @lloydalter
lloydalter.substack.com/p/will-self-dr…
lloydalter.substack.com/p/will-self-dr…
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In July, City Council voted to stop a sidewalk project on Hesketh Court but not on Tinder Crescent. But a local is trying to stop the Tinder Crescent one too (via @GraphicMatt newsletter). secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
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On the Esplanade, the City of Toronto put a new pole right in the middle of the crosswalk. #walkTO
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Nice bump-out into the parking lane on Fulton across from Aldwych Park, creating shorter crossing distance for people going to the park
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The City of Toronto has a survey about expanding retail options on major streets and in neighbourhoods (destinations for walks!). Let the City know what you think. ca.mar.medallia.com/?e=455879&d=e&…
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The "Smellfie Kit" - how to do a walk focused on the smells you encounter (PDF): sensorymaps.com/wp-content/upl…
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From @shawnmicallef - "How I learned to love walking in Toronto" (gift link)
thestar.com/opinion/contri…
thestar.com/opinion/contri…
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Apparently Leader Lane in the St. Lawrence neighborhood is going to become a pedestrian zone. There's no particular vehicle use for it.
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Missing sidewalks proposed to be installed as part of Toronto's missing sidewalks program in the next few months.
Via toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2… , via secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
Via toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2… , via secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
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This is dangerous, left over from when there wasn't a South Core. Now there's heavy pedestrian traffic across this on ramp to the Gardiner at Bay St. Needs safe crossing.
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Via @ARSCSafety - "I saw this running club on Avenue Rd. ... There must have been about 30 runners.
In contrast to the past, where they would have been jostling on a thin slice of sidewalk ... the running pack were able to unfurl onto the new wider "sidewalks"."
In contrast to the past, where they would have been jostling on a thin slice of sidewalk ... the running pack were able to unfurl onto the new wider "sidewalks"."
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Walk Toronto's Sean Marshall will be talking about the new "safety blocks" outside Union Station on Metro Morning at 6:40 tomorrow.
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Bikeshare is great, but it can't be using almost an entire sidewalk in a busy part of town for storage. There's plenty of room here to store bikes and still leave an easily accessible amount of sidewalk for pedestrians. #walkTO
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Toronto Public Library NatureTO Walking Tour: Trees Around the Gerrard/Ashdale Branch torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ent…
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Classic Toronto auto-centrism - at Markham and Wolesley, Wolesley is one way - so of course it doesn't need a street sign because cars can't turn there. Pedestrians just have to guess. (The other half of Wolesley is a separate offset intersection with its own signs).
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New from @UofTCities - map of % of trips made by walking in Toronto (and the GTA) schoolofcities.github.io/ggh-transport-…
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Walk Toronto's @pamelagough and @LeeScottWPW hosting at table at last week's Green Line event "Toronto's Bike lane removals: tips for staying safe" (thegreenline.to/issue/toronto-…) . Thx @AlisonVStewart for the photo.
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They promised they would get rid of the ugly concrete jersey barriers in front of Union Station. They're replacing them with ... ugly concrete shin-busting concrete blocks that also still block the main walking circulation routes? #walkTO urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/…
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The Ellesmere Road complete street project, approved by council, includes new sidewalks on some portions. toronto.ca/community-peop…
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For supporting perspective - a chart showing just how many more people travel by streetcar than private vehicle on the main streetcar routes.
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The Bloor West complete street slowed vehicle speeds - which is an intended result to create a safer street. But still around 50 km/hr, so hardly slow. Analysis by Madeleine Bonsma-Fisher in @GraphicMatt newsletter (this issue free: toronto.cityhallwatcher.com/p/whatever-hap…)
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Report from the west end confirms general lack of sidewalk plowing - "It's like they just gave up and didn't try, even after several days."
- photos of "Annette Street west of Pacific Avenue around lunchtime today, so they've had plenty of time to address this"
- photos of "Annette Street west of Pacific Avenue around lunchtime today, so they've had plenty of time to address this"
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Sidewalk snow plowing has been better in Toronto this year, but there are still issues, like this windrow obstacle at an intersection with heavy pedestrian traffic (note the other side was cleared).
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Good news on the all-season park washrooms front: more park washrooms to be upgraded and winterized (via @GraphicMatt newsletter) #walkTO
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Hey @TrafficServices @311Toronto I'm guessing the Maserati dealership at Davenport and Bay doesn't have a boulevard parking permit for all the cars they park on the sidewalk cc. @DianneSaxe
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A chart of the many years of sidewalk and road closures around the troubled 1 Bloor West development - from the year-end review by @GraphicMatt, looking back at July 2024.
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"Pedestrians use other sidewalk" signs where there's no safe way for pedestrians to cross (Sherbourne at Lake Shore) #walkTO
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Quickie car-free block using planters and bollards, Riverside district beside Joel Weeks Park
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New, more accessible button for the accessible pedestrian signal, at Dundas West and McCaul. #walkTO
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What is Daylighting? (And How This Intersection Adjustment Saves So Many... youtu.be/JrG1DLe0pRY?si… via @YouTube
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Example from Davisville Ave. of #WalkBlockTO - sign could easily have been placed on street a few metres further along where the lane ends (+ then more visible to drivers). Students end up stepping onto street to avoid. This is for a City of Toronto project (new aquatic centre).
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The Ford government's attack on bike lanes also now includes threats to pedestrian space. globalnews.ca/news/10882715/…
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Pedestrians killed or serious injured in Toronto, 2004-2023. #walkTO From toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2… (PDF)
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Report from City of Toronto on Vision Zero progress. Proposing to increase the 2025 Vision Zero budget to almost $100 million: secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda…
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Crowd gathered in front of Queen's Park for the World Day of Remembrance for Victims of Road Violence, and to protest Bill 212 that will tear up bike lanes.
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The new pedestrian safety changes on Avenue Road, with a pic showing how absurdly narrow the sidewalks were. Also some parking has become permanent.
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A vision for a pedestrian-friendly future (and traffic tunnels) from 1963, shared by @jbcurio tvo.org/article/pie-in…
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There have actually been multiple studies in Toronto itself that show better health outcomes in walkable neighbourhoods. Toronto is a centre for this kind of research, it's unfortunate this health reporter didn't look for evidence or interviewees in Toronto while she was here.
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From @TheEconomist piece on the dangers of ultra-heavy vehicles. The improved safety for their drivers (only marginally better than medium heavy vehicles) is paid for by the deaths of far more people hit by them.
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Pedestrian safety issues along Davisville from Mount Pleasant to Yonge. Ghost walker at Davisville and Mount Pleasant where a senior was killed by a vehicle/driver. Safety flex-poles on one side of a crosswalk, but not the other. Hydro pole rendering sidewalk too narrow.
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Pedestrian seriously injured at Avenue Road and Davenport. Road safety improvements on Avenue Road are scheduled to start soon, which unfortunately was not soon enough to prevent another injury. Via
@ARSCSafety avenueroadsafetycoalition.ca/pedestrian-ser…
@ARSCSafety avenueroadsafetycoalition.ca/pedestrian-ser…
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This construction zone scenario created by Wilkinson Construction at the NE corner of Pacific Ave and Dundas St. W. is a nightmare for people walking. Note a pickup truck from the project blocking the other sidewalk too.
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From @GraphicMatt newsletter: the top 20 most pedestrian-dominated intersections in Toronto. The absolute highest # of pedestrians was Yonge-Eglinton, "a whopping 40,372 pedestrians" - more evidence it should be a scramble crossing now that the transit is underground. #walkTO
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Quite a good infographic on what's needed to create a safe and attractive walking environment. Via @ITDP_HQ
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Finally - the City (or Metrolinx?) installs a temporary pedestrian crossover where the sidewalk has been closed for Ontario Line construction, so pedestrians can detour safely. Hopefully lights will be added shortly. This should be standard whenever sidewalks are closed.
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From @GraphicMatt :
"Much of Toronto’s pedestrian infrastructure — and this goes for bike infrastructure too — was seemingly designed with the idea that the city’s drivers would have some baseline level of aptitude and care ... [which] aren't there." thestar.com/opinion/contri…
"Much of Toronto’s pedestrian infrastructure — and this goes for bike infrastructure too — was seemingly designed with the idea that the city’s drivers would have some baseline level of aptitude and care ... [which] aren't there." thestar.com/opinion/contri…
Toronto improved its pedestrian crossovers in the early 2000s - including criteria regarding speed, street width, and volume for when they should be converted to traffic lights. It's odd that some remain on busy arterials like Queen and Danforth. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
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A Walk Toronto member shared this sign from Bellevue, Washington state, carefully explaining leading pedestrian signals (that still require a beg button, it seems).
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The pedestrian space at the busy north-east corner of Bloor and St. George will be cut into in order to create space for a right-turn lane and cyclist protection. youtube.com/watch?v=ki2zGM…
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Pedestrian elements in the incomplete Mirvish Village development - mid-block laneway, Markham Street pedestrian priority zone, nice sidewalk benches (presumably the planters won't be overgrown once it's complete)
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It's good to see the City is starting to implement these kind of pedestrian safety and public space enhancements on routine road reconstructions. #walkTO toronto.ca/community-peop…
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Apparently people on the Bridle Path are still paying big money to stop the installation of a sidewalk (via @GraphicMatt newsletter).
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Read “Oversized Danger,” a report about the danger of large vehicles to pedestrians and cyclists, prepared for the Coalition to Reduce Auto Size Hazards (C.R.A.S.H.) walktoronto.ca/2024/05/08/rea…
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The widest rights-of-way (e.g. Commissioners Street) include the streetcar tracks, plus 2 lanes of vehicle traffic (one each way) and 2 of bike lanes, and lots of trees. The sidewalks are at the edges, looking like 3 metres wide.
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Other local streets will have two lanes of vehicle traffic (one each way), but still have 35% sidewalks (up to 3.5 metres wide) separated by trees from the roadway.
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The "pedestrian priority" street, Centre Street, will have wide sidewalks (35% of the right-of-way, up to 4 metres wide) and trees, and only one one-way lane of vehicle traffic and a bike lane.
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The pedestrian zone - the north block of Old Cherry Street - will have two levels of wide sidewalks, separated by trees. The centre of the street will be pedestrian, but left open for emergency vehicles (and it seems bikes). The image also seems to envision cherry blossoms.
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A brief thread on the pedestrian planning for the new Villiers Island neighbourhood. The plan calls for one pedestrianized block, and one full street that is "pedestrian priority", as well as wide sidewalks with trees generally. 🧵 Info from waterfrontoronto.ca/sites/default/… (PDF)
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Former layby on Bloor West near Royal York now houses Muskoka chairs observing the new bike lane #sitTO
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The Walk Toronto Jane's Walk on Bloor West in Etobicoke getting started, with @pamelagough and @thismomroars
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The Walk Toronto and @Yonge4All Jane's Walk on Yonge Street getting started at Ramsden Park with @LeeScottWPW
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The City has begun installing "raised intersections" in some locations, where the road rises to meet the sidewalk (better accessibility and drainage for pedestrians). Example here at High Park Blvd & Indian Rd. Very gentle slope for drivers, barely noticeable.
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Walk Toronto was honoured to receive the Safety Leadership Award from the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association tonight. @dylan_reid and @LeeScottWPW accepted the award.
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