Initial King Street pilot project data is in

December 12th, 2017  |  Canadian Business

In November the King Street pilot project officially went underway, and a month later the initial data has started to roll in.

The project was designed to help easy congestion and further the flow of traffic for the city’s busiest streetcar line. Roughly 65,000 riders use the King Street streetcar line every workday.

The data shows that the project has helped to alleviate some of the congestion on King Street, allowing the streetcars to run faster, all with only minimal traffic slowdowns.

• Streetcars are up to 2.6 minutes faster during the rush hour periods.
• Eighty per cent of eastbound streetcars are now meeting spacing targets, up from a dismal 37 per cent.
• Vehicle travel times on most nearby streets haven't increased by more than a minute

"The King Street pilot is working and it's going to get even better," Councilor Joe Cressy told CBC Toronto.

Cressy went on to say that the TTC would be working on tweaking the streetcar schedule that will reflect the data garnered from the project. In addition the city is working to improve traffic signaling on nearby streets to help sped up all traffic in the area.  These new changes, Cressy stressed, will be happening sooner rather than later.

"We're not going to wait for a year to make changes," he vowed.