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Proposalstoinstallbikelanesonmajorstreetsareoftenmetwithoppositionfrommerchants
whofearthatthereallocationofroadspacefromonstreetparkingtoonstreetbikelaneswould
hurtbusiness.Thepurposeofthisstudyistounderstandandestimatetheimportanceofon
streetparking
tobusinessonBloorStreetintheAnnexneighbourhoodofToronto.
ToencouragemoreCanadianstousebicyclesforutilitariantripsmoreoften,itisessentialthat
theimplementationofbikelanesonmajorstreetsbeaccelerated.TheBloorDanforthcorridoris
aparticularlyattractiveoptionforacitywide
eastwestbikelaneinTorontobecauseitisoneof
theonlylong,straight,relativelyflatroutesthatconnectsthecityfromendtoend;thereareno
streetcartracks;andithasoneofthehighestincidencesofbicyclecollisionsinthecity.
Thisreportisaboutthedevelopment
andtestingofnewanalytictoolstodeterminethepublic
acceptabilityandeconomicimpactofreallocatingroadspace.ThestudyconductedinJulyof
2008surveyedtheopinionsandpreferencesof61merchantsand538patronsonBloorStreet
andanalyzedparkingusagedatainthearea.
Among
thestudysfindings:
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P’lots,alsowithin a twoorthreeminutewalk of the study area:at577
Palmerston,365
Lippincott and 19Spadina.ThedatatrackspaymentsmadeusingTPA’spay and display
machinesforbothon‐streetparking and off‐streetTPAlots.
Foron‐streetparking,dataisreportedasthenumber of validticketsduring15‐minuteintervals
throughoutthedaysthatcorrespondwith
thepedestriansurveydays(July8,9,10,15,16,17
and 19).However,dataforSaturday,July19
th
wasnotavailable,soSaturday,July12
th
was
substitutedinstead.Theresearcherstookhourlysnapshotsbetween10:00 a. m. and 9:00p.m.–
thehourswhenthemachinesaregenerally in use– and determinedtheaveragenumber of
validticketsthroughouttheday,aswellasmorning‐midday,afternoon, and eveningaverages.
Fortheoff‐streetlots,
parkingdataisreportedasdaily and eveningpeaks–thehighest
recordednumber of validticketsatanygiventime in thedayoreveningperiod.Again,theTPA
supplieddataforthesamedaysastheon‐streetparkingdata,whichcorrespondtothe
pedestriansurveydays.
Theaverage
validticketcountswerecomparedtotheoverallcapacity–eitheron‐streetor in
lots–todeterminetheaverageusage of on‐street and off‐streetpaidparking.
3.4 ... Thereductioninonstreetparking
supplyfromabikelaneorwidenedsidewalkcouldbe
accommodatedintheareasoffstreetmunicipalparkinglots.
Thespendinghabitsofcyclistsandpedestrians,theirrelativelyhightravelmodeshare,andthe
minimalimpactonparkingalldemonstratethatmerchantsinthisareaareunlikely tobe
negativelyaffected
byreallocatingonstreetparkingspacetoabikelane.Onthecontrary,this
changewilllikelyincreasecommercialactivity.
Itisrecommendedthatthistypeofstudybereplicatedonothercommercialstreetswherethere
isconcernaboutreducingparkingtoaccommodatewidersidewalksorbicyclelanes.
Specifically,the
researchersalsorecommendthattheCityofTorontousethisstudytolook
morecloselyatthefutureofBloorStreetasacandidateforacrosstownbikeway.
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