As many as 50 businesses along King St. West are telling the City that its plan to speed streetcars along King St. while detouring cars off the street at every intersection is a failure. “We just don’t understand why they think this is a win,” said Todd Sherman, who is the resident of Gabby’s Restaurant. But the companies are facing rose-coloured versions of the scheme from Joe Cressy (Ward 20) This CBC story says more than 50 notable businesses, including Shoppers Drug Mart and Thompson Toronto, have joined the fight against no cars on King. The Ontario Restaurant Hotel & Motel Association (ORHMA) released a letter from the businesses “fact checking” the city’s data and requesting changes to the project. It says there has been a 21 per cent decrease in restaurant reservations. They are calling for eliminating daytime taxi restrictions, accessible parking and limiting all traffic restrictions between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. CBC
