... Incaseswherereallocatingtheparkinglanetoothertravelmodeswithintheright‐of‐wayfacesoppositionfrommerchants,itisnotclearhowmanyofthetotalbusinessesthedissentingmerchantsactuallyrepresent.Dotheyspeakforthemajorityoraretheyrepresentingindividualopinions and interests?Themerchantsurveysoughttoanswerthisquestionbyaskingtheopinionsofasmanymerchantsaspossible.Themerchantswereaskedhowmanycustomerstheyserve;howmanyoftheircustomerstheythinkdrivetovisittheir business; and theiropinions on the business impactsoflosingonelane Bike Lanes, On- Street Parking and Business 10 of on street parkinginordertoinstallabikelaneorwidenthesidewalk.Merchantswereaskedaboutbothawidenedsidewalk and abikelanetogetattherootquestion:theperceivedimportanceof on street parking.Forexample,todetermineifthe business ownerwasagainstbikelanesforareasonunrelatedtothelossof on street parking,theresearchersaskedtheiropinionaboutlosingparkingforanothernon‐vehicularuse–inthiscasewideningthesidewalk.Formoredetail on thequestionscontainedinthesurvey,pleaseseeAppendixA.Weapproachedall110groundfloormerchants and Fifty‐fivepercent,or61outof110,respondedtothesurvey.Thesurveyorsweredirectedtohavethesurveycompletedbytheownerormanagerofthe business. Thesurveyorsmadeuptothreevisitstoadministerthesurveyiftheownerormanagerwasnotinitiallyavailable.Thetypesofbusinessesthatrespondedtothesurveyhaveaslightlydifferentdistributionthanthedistributionofallbusinesses on the street. Thedifferenceinthesedistributionsdemonstratesthatownersormanagersofretailstoresweremorelikelytorespondtothesurveythanthoseatservices,bars and restaurants.Almostthree‐quartersofstore‐owners and managersrespondedtothesurvey,comparedtoslightlylessthanhalfoftheownersormanagersatservices,bars and restaurants.ServiceStoreRestaurant/Bar35%15%50%Figure ... oftheBloorAnnex’smaincommercialstripis on Bloor Street, betweenPalmerstonAvenue and Huron Street; on boththenorth and southsidesofthe street. Thereisalsooneblockofparking on SpadinaRoad,betweenBloor Street and LowtherAvenuethatiscloseenoughforBloorAnnexpatronstouse(seeMap5.Municipalpaidparkingoptions ... Atpeakdemand,220ofthe267off street parkingspacesareoccupied.Asalreadystated,installingabikelaneorwideningthesidewalk on Bloorwouldleaveashortageof38 on street parkingspacesduringpeak on street demand, and thisshortagemayneedtobeaccommodatedelsewhere.Ifthepeakdemandfor on and off street parkingweretocoincide–whichtheydonot–therewouldstillremainasurplusof47spacesinoff street lotstoaccommodatetheloss on Bloor Street. ...