Reimagining Yonge Street - Class Environmental Assessment

The Project involves a redesign of Yonge Street, in the North York Centre, to become a complete street for the 21st century. Yonge Street is a major north-south arterial road. The City of Toronto has a vision for Yonge Street, from Sheppard Avenue to Finch Avenue, as one of its primary promenades – a vibrant urban environment that promotes walking, cycling and safe passage across the street. While the North York Centre has been transforming into a transit-oriented and dynamic mixed-use area, the implementation of the vision for the street has not been fully achieved with this evolution. Inconsistent features, including sidewalks, pedestrian crossings and medians, and the lack of dedicated cycling facilities reduce the appeal of the street as a place for urban activity and present transportation challenges. Despite the opportunity created by the two subway lines and other regional transit services, movement by all modes of transportation continues to be an issue. This environmental assessment study defined and evaluated opportunities to create an attractive multi-purpose promenade for North York Centre. As intensification proceeds in the Yonge Street area, it is important to define a consistent streetscape, in keeping with this goal and the civic nature of North York Centre. There is a need to redesign Yonge Street so that it functions both as an attractive place for urban activities and a street for the movement of people of all ages by all modes and for all trip purposes including work, school and leisure.

• Record URL:
  http://www.tac-atc.ca/sites/default/files/conf_papers/reimagining_yonge_street-complete.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Authors:
  • GOUGH, J
• Conference:
  • TAC 2017: Investing in Transportation: Building Canada's Economy - - 2017 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Pagination: 1 PDF file, 9.4 MB, 31p.
• Monograph Title: TAC 2017: Investing in Transportation: Building Canada's Economy - - 2017 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arterial highways; Bicycling; Case studies; Conferences; Design; Improvements; Planning; Urban areas; Walking
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8531: Case study; 8525: Conference; 759: Cycling; 9011: Design (overall design); 9108: Improvement; 2748: Main road; 143: Planning; 313: Urban area; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Design; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01668466
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: May 3 2018 3:15PM