Road Diet Case Studies St. George Street in Toronto, Canada
{"Image DocumentName": "Road Diet Case Studies St. George Street in Toronto, Canada", "Image ImageDescription": "Minor Arterial ~ ADT 7,500. Through University campus. Two project phases \u201993 & \u201896. Cycle lanes, on-street parking, wider sidewalks, urban landscaping. Alternate paving materials. The section of St. George Street that runs through the University of Toronto campus was put on a diet in the 1990\u2019s. The University of Toronto was founded over 175 years ago and has over 60,000 full and part-time students. St. George Street is a multi-modal street through the St. George campus of the University of Toronto. The 160 acre (65-hectare) St. George campus is located in heart of downtown Toronto, Canada. The St. George campus has over 43,000 full and part-time students and approximately 8,000 faculty and staff. St. George Street is classified as a minor arterial road by the City of Toronto. St. George Street is a multi-modal street serving vehicles, delivery trucks, bicyclists, pedestrians and even skateboarders. An extremely high number of pedestrians use St. George Street, and continuous sidewalks on both sides of St. George Street are provided in the pedestrian zones of the street. The average daily traffic along St. George Street is about 7,400 vehicles per day with approximately 700 vehicles per hour during the peak hour. The posted speed on St. George Street is 40 kilometers per hour (25 miles per hour). The road diet project on St. George Street was completed in 1996, about eight years from the time of this study. The length of the road diet project is 1,040 meters (0.65 miles). The road diet project on St. George Street has been incrementally enhanced beginning in 1993 to 1996 with the most significant changes occurring in Prior to 1993, the street operated as a four lane road during peak times, and as a two lane road during non-peak times with on-street parking permitted during non-peak times. In 1993, the number of lanes on St. George Street was reduced to two lanes by permitting parking during all hours. Bicycle lanes and a narrow painted median were added to St. George Street in 1993 as part of the lane reduction project. Turn lanes were provided at key intersections. Photos by Jennifer Rosales, PB.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}