Week 17: Where pedestrians (should) rule the streets in Toronto
1/6...This week we're comparing traffic volume to the area dedicated to each mode. In the map below you'll see all the intersections where pedestrian traffic is greater than vehicles.
#TorontoAtlas @Walk_TO #walkTO
1/6...This week we're comparing traffic volume to the area dedicated to each mode. In the map below you'll see all the intersections where pedestrian traffic is greater than vehicles.
#TorontoAtlas @Walk_TO #walkTO
2/6...Along Yonge St. and in the area surrounding Union Station, pedestrians make up the majority of traffic at intersections with signals. In thirteen locations pedestrians make up over 70% of the total traffic.
3/6...These intersections have the highest pedestrian to vehicle ratios. At York and Wellington there were 32,338 pedestrians and 5,575 vehicles measured between 7:30am and 6:00pm (in 2018)
4/6...We imagined what the streets would look like if they were equally divided by traffic volume
5/6...TL;DR Karl Jilg's illustration for the Swedish Road Administration
6/6...Here's the data we used:
Traffic Volume: open.toronto.ca/dataset/traffi…
Road Area: open.toronto.ca/dataset/topogr…
Sidewalk Area: open.toronto.ca/dataset/topogr…
Note: Buffers around intersections in maps 1/2 are 150m. In map 4, "Typical Toronto Street" assumes 2.1m sidewalk and 3m lanes.
Traffic Volume: open.toronto.ca/dataset/traffi…
Road Area: open.toronto.ca/dataset/topogr…
Sidewalk Area: open.toronto.ca/dataset/topogr…
Note: Buffers around intersections in maps 1/2 are 150m. In map 4, "Typical Toronto Street" assumes 2.1m sidewalk and 3m lanes.
Also, if you want to dive into the data right away, go and check out this awesome interactive sidewalk widths map from our friends @RatioCity toronto.ratio.city/sidewalks
