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KING STREET TRANSIT PILOT
Annual Summary
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ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS King Street Transit Pilot
Nov. 2017Dec. 2018
TRANSIT RIDERSHIP
17% increase in all-day weekday ridership.
33% 44% increase in AM commute increase in PM commute ridership (eastbound at ridership (westbound at Spadina Ave.). Spadina Ave.).
TRANSIT RELIABILITY On average, streetcar travel times are now more predictable, making the service more attractive.
Wait time reliability remained mostly unchanged through the pilot even though headways were widened by 10% due to the conversion of the fleet to all low-floor high capacity streetcars.
TRANSIT TRAVEL TIMES The reliability of streetcar travel times has continued to improve since before the pilot.
Approx. 5 minute improvement (in each direction) during the PM commute for the slowest streetcar travel time.
Across the full year of the pilot, the slowest travel times during the afternoon commute were similar to the average travel times before the pilot.
CAR TRAVEL TIMES & VOLUMES
Average travel times, while showing some variability from month to month, have varied (+/-) less than a minute in both the AM and PM commute on most east-west streets parallel to King Street, compared to before the pilot.
Various construction projects impacted travel times on downtown streets throughout the pilot, including watermain replacement on Adelaide, Dundas, and major construction work on Jarvis among others.
Drivers on King St. continued to access local businesses or residences, conduct loading and deliveries, and pick-up/drop-off passengers. Traffic previously using King Street has generally shifted to alternative east and west routes.
Overall car volumes crossing Bay St. from Front St. north to Queen St. have decreased by 7% in both the AM and PM commutes during the Pilot. This is made up of reductions on King St. of about 80% and increases in volumes on streets parallel to King St. of about 5% in both the AM and PM commutes.
The downtown traffic network has been largely able to absorb and respond to the changes in routing that drivers have made.
PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES Total pedestrian volumes have remained stable on King St. as a result of the pilot when accounting for the effects of seasonality, relative to most comparable east-west streets.
CYCLING VOLUMES
King has become the second most popular east-west cycling route in the downtown after the Richmond and Adelaide cycle tracks.
In October, cycling volumes at Spadina Avenue have increased by 380 riders in the afternoon peak compared to before the pilot in October 2017.
ECONOMIC POINT-OF-SALE DATA Customer spending data suggests that year-over-year growth in total spending on King Street has decreased slightly (0.8%) after the pilot was installed, with reductions primarily to spending in the restaurant sector. This is a trend that existed during the year before the pilot was installed, indicating that these differences may not have resulted from the pilot itself. Spending in both retail and services sectors appears to have grown faster during the year after the pilot was installed compared to the rate of growth in the year before the pilot began.
PUBLIC SPACE
45 unique amenities were introduced into 18 new curb lane public spaces along the corridor, including cafes, art installations, public seating areas, bike share stations, and parklets. These spaces created opportunities for people to stay and linger, as well as provided extra space for pedestrians to walk on crowded sidewalks.
During Park People's Public Space Public Life Study, nearly one in five people spending time on King Street were found within the new public spaces.
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ANNUAL HIGHLIGHTS King Street Transit Pilot
Nov. 2017Dec. 2018
PILOT BACKGROUND The King Street Transit Pilot is about moving people more efficiently on transit, improving public space, and supporting business and economic prosperity along King Street. The pilot aims to improve transit reliability, speed, and capacity on the busiest surface transit route in the city by giving transit priority on King Street from Bathurst Street to Jarvis Street.
The monitoring and evaluation plan involves the collection of data before and during the pilot in order to assess the impacts and benefits. Data is collected through methods such as the tracking of TTC streetcars using GPS, the monitoring of car travel times using Bluetooth sensors, and the collection of pedestrian, cycling and car volumes using video analytics. Monthly updates will be provided reflecting the latest data and information available to the City. This update provides an overview of the results of monitoring through November 2017 to December 2018.
OPEN DATA An open data release has been posted on the City's open data catalogue, covering data from November 2017 to the end of December 2018. This release includes detailed and summarized car travel times and car, pedestrian and bicycle volumes. The catalogue can be accessed at: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/data-research-maps/open-data/
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AVERAGE AND 90% RANAGE (WESTBOUND JARVIS ST. TO BATHURST ST., WEEKDAY 5-6P.M.)
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• The greatest benefit of the pilot was observed during the summer months.
• The slowest travel times during the afternoon commute were similar to the average travel
times were often exceeding 25 minutes, or longer.
• Transit users are able to plan their trip more efficiently knowing how long their commute is going to take.
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• Travel times since the pilot began rarely exceed 20 minutes, whereas prior to the pilot, travel
• The variability of travel times has greatly decreased due to the pilot. Where trips before the pilot were highly variable, observations during the pilot have become more tightly clustered,
times before the pilot.
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Pilot PeriodPilot Period November 2017-December 2018November 2017-December 2018DAILY AFTERNOON PEAK BUSIEST HOUR PILOT AREA TRAVEL TIMES Average travel timeAverage travel time
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• A year-over-year comparison shows how seasonal changes have impacted travel times demonstrating that the pilot resulted in consistent and predictable travel times.
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STREETCAR TRAVEL TIME RANGE AVERAGE AND 90% RANAGE (BATHURST - JARVIS)
WEEKDAY A.M. PEAK PERIOD (7-10A.M.) WEEKDAY P.M. PEAK PERIOD (4-7P.M.) EASTBOUND WESTBOUND EASTBOUND
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King Street Nov. 2017TRANSIT TRAVEL TIMES & RELIABILITY Transit Pilot Dec. 2018
WAIT TIME RELIABILITY ANNUAL SUMMARY % OF STREETCARS ARRIVING WITHIN 4 MINUTES (BATHURST - JARVIS)
• Wait time reliability remained mostly unchanged through the pilot even WEEKDAY A.M. PEAK PERIOD (7-10A.M.) WEEKDAY P.M. PEAK PERIOD (4-7P.M.) though headways were widened by 10% due to the conversion of the
fleet to all low-floor high capacity streetcars.
90% 90% • Afternoon peak period performance significantly improved upon the start of the pilot, with westbound and eastbound wait time performance consistently above most pre-pilot levels. Afternoon wait time reliability in
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• Morning peak performance remained generally unchanged through the pilot period with some reduction in performance in the summer due to construction and late fall due to the change in route structure.
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King Street Nov. 2017TRANSIT RIDERSHIP AND CAPACITY Transit Pilot Dec. 2018
ALL DAY WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP WEEKEND RIDERSHIP ANNUAL SUMMARY 504 King and 514 Cherry Streetcar
ALL DAY WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP • Weekday ridership has increased by nearly 17% between
September 2017 and October 2018 to approximately 84,00090,000 70,000 customers per day. The lower values observed in March and 80,000
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2014 Sept Nov Mar Jun Oct Saturday Sunday with seasonal trends from previous years. 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018
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• Ridership has increased at most times of the day, particularlySeptember 2017 November 2017 March 2018 June 2018 in the midday, where ridership has increased between 10%
and 25%.
• Early evening ridership fluctuates depending on time of year due to special events occurring in the Downtown.WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP BY TIME PERIOD • Late evening ridership remains largely unchanged.
504 King and 514 Cherry Streetcar
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• Saturday and Sunday ridership in most months counted had10,000
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ridership system-wide.
• Saturday ridership has increased by 7%.
• Weekend ridership is highly variable on streetcar routes Downtown – special events, road restrictions, and subway closures all have significant impacts on ridership on a
shown increases over the September 2017 baseline ranging
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Morning Peak Period 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Midday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Afternoon Peak Period 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Early Evening 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
September 2017 Note: Ridership after 11:00 p.m. is estimated
November 2017 March 2018 June 2018 October 2018
Late Evening After 10:00 p.m.
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TRANSIT RIDERSHIP AND CAPACITY King Street Transit Pilot
Nov. 2017Dec. 2018
A.M. & P.M. BUSIEST HOUR DEMAND ANNUAL SUMMARY
Observed Eastbound at Spadina Observed Westbound at Spadina • Peak demand at the busiest hours and locations has increased significantly. 8-9A.M. 5-6P.M. • 2,910 riders were counted travelling eastbound at Spadina Avenue in the morning rush hour
in October 2018 hour compared to 2,200 before the pilot, an increase of 33%
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• 2,400 riders were counted travelling westbound at Spadina Avenue in the afternoon rush 2,500 hour in October 2018 hour compared to 1,650 before the pilot, 45% higher than before the
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0 pilot. 2,000 • The deployment of the new low-floor, high-capacity streetcars on King Street, and the ability
to reliably operate them closer together, has significantly increased the capacity of the 1,500 corridor in order to respond to greater passenger demand.
• Delivered streetcar capacity has increased from approximately 2,000 to 2,900 passengers per 1,000 hour per direction in the morning peak. In the afternoon peak period, it has increased from
• Despite this increase, overcrowding is still observed at the busiest times. 0
• The combination of improved reliability and additional capacity illustrates the amount of Sept Nov Mar Jun Oct Sept Nov Mar Jun Oct latent passenger demand on the corridor that was previously unserved. 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018
Note: Observed peak demand is the number of customers observed in the busiest direction, at the busiest location, in the busiest hour.
CAPACITY DELIVERED BY MONTH
3,500
MORNING EASTBOUND AT BATHURST AVE, 8-9A.M.
3,500
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Low-floor streetcars introduced on 504 King Legend
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streetcar (74), ALRV streetcar (108), and low-floor streetcar (130)
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King Street Nov. 2017CAR TRAVEL TIMES Transit Pilot Dec. 2018
AVERAGE CAR TRAVEL TIMES (MIN) AVERAGE CAR TRAVEL TIMES (MIN) ANNUAL SUMMARY EAST-WEST STREETS NORTH-SOUTH STREETS
• Motor vehicle travel on streets in thePeak Weekday Period Average Travel Times, Baseline vs. Pilot (Average of All Months) Peak Weekday Period Average Travel Times, Baseline vs. Pilot (Average of All Months)
Downtown have not been significantly impacted by the pilot.
Westbound • Average travel times, while showing
Southbound
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Dundas Bathurst 5.0
10.5 east-west streets parallel to King Street,
Queen
Richmond University
3.0 +0.6 3.6 • The largest travel time increases were on
Adelaide
8.4 Yonge 5.4
8.9 +0.5 6.0
Front Street Westbound in the afternoon +0.6 peak period (1.4 minutes) and Queen
Wellington Street Westbound in the afternoon (1.3).
9.0 Jarvis+0.5 4.1
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some variability from month to month, have varied (+/-) less than a minute in both the AM and PM commute on most
5.4 +0.2 compared to before the pilot.
5.6 • On north-south streets, travel times are largely the same.
4.2• Travel times on Adelaide Street+0.1
Dundas Bathurst by 2.0 minutes compared to pre-pilot
16.4 -0.2 15.3 times.
Queen 16.2 16.6 +1.3 Spadina
7.8 +0.4 12.1 -2.0
14.5 8.2 10.1
Richmond 15.3 +0.8
17.5 University
5.1 +0.6 9.8 +0.2
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8.1 +0.8 9.8 +0.4 Wellington 8.9 10.8
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(eastbound in the afternoon) improved by 0.9 minutes and on Spadina Avenue (southbound in the afternoon) improved
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0 5 10 0 5 100 5 10 15 20 0 5 10 15 20 Average Travel Time (mins)Average Travel Time (mins)
BASELINE PILOT OCT/NOV 2017 NOV 2017 - NOV 2018
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King Street Nov. 2017CAR VOLUMES Transit Pilot Dec. 2018
TOTAL VEHICLE TRAFFIC AT SPADINA TOTAL VEHICLE TRAFFIC AT BAY ANNUAL SUMMARY Total Weekday Peak Period Traffic, Baseline vs. Pilot (Average of All Months) Total Weekday Peak Period Screen Volumes, Baseline vs. Pilot (Average of All Months) Queen to Front Queen to Front Total Vehicle Traffic at Spadina Total Vehicle Traffic at Bay • A substantial reducation in car volumes
Total Peak Period Volumes Screenline Volumes, Queen to Front Total Peak Period Volumes Screenline Volumes, Queen to Front on King Street has been accompanied by
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Richmond
Adelaide Adelaide
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• Overall car volumes at Bay Street have King -88.6%
90 Wellington +12.0% decreased by 7.0% in both the morning
Front 1,350
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1,830 1,720
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Westbound increases in traffic on Queen Street, Richmond Street, Adelaide Street, and Wellington Street. Traffic volumes on
-5.6% Front Street have remained largely unchanged.
+2.6% • While volumes have increased on these
streets, this has had a minimal impact on travel times as noted in the above
and afternoon peaks during the Pilot. On streets parallel to King, these volumes
+3.2%
Queen 1,790
3,100 Richmond 2,720 +4.4%
Richmond 3,410
2,840
3,250 +5.9%
Adelaide 3,440
King 1,540 -63.0% 1,320
-64.4% 1,270 570 440
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1,220 +2.5% 960 1,250 1,030 +7.3%
0 2,000 4,000 0 2,000 4,000 0 2,000 4,000 0 2,000 4,000 Total Volume Total Volume
BASELINE PILOT OCT/NOV 2017 NOV 2017 - NOV 2018
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King Street Nov. 2017PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES Transit Pilot Dec. 2018
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TOTAL TWO−WAY PEDESTRIAN TOTAL TWO−WAY PEDESTRIAN ANNUAL SUMMARY TRAFFIC AT SPADINA TRAFFIC AT BAY Total Weekday Peak Period Pedestrian Volumes, Total Weekday Peak Period Pedestrian Volumes, Baseline vs. Oct/Nov 2018 Baseline vs. Oct/Nov 2018 Total TwQŦWay Pedestrian Traffic at Spadina Total TwQŦWay Pedestrian Traffic at Bay
Total Peak Period Pedestrian Volumes, Baseline vs. Oct/Nov 2018 Total Peak Period Pedestrian Volumes, Baseline vs. Oct/Nov 2018 • Total pedestrian volumes have remained stable on
King Street as a result of the pilot when accounting for the effects of seasonality, relative to most comparable east-west streets.
• Average pedestrian volumes in October and November 2018 at King Street and Spadina Avenue, relative to baseline volumes from the previous year, decreased in the morning peak period by 17% and increased in the afternoon peak period by 5%. This is comparable to an observed decrease in the morning peak period of 9% and increase in the afternoon peak period of 6% at other downtown streets at Spadina Avenue.
• Pedestrian traffic is sensitive to trends in seasonality, especially at intersections along Bay Street where pedestrians can use the underground PATH as an alternative to the street network during colder weather.
Queen +1.5% Queen 2,840
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1,760 1,810
2,020 1,990
2,350 2,290
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2,630 Adelaide
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2,070 1,760 -15.0%
3,430 2,840
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5,400 5,770
3,650 3,720
4,370 4,270
5,960 6,120
4,040 4,390
9,340 9,790
Total Volume Total Volume
BASELINE PILOT OCT/NOV 2017 OCT/NOV 2018 AVERAGE
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King Street Nov. 2017PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES Transit Pilot Dec. 2018
TOTAL WEEKDAY P.M. PEAK PERIOD (4-7P.M.) PEDESTRIAN EFFECT OF SEASONALITY ON VOLUMES AT KING/QUEEN AND SPADINA PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES Total Monthly East-West Volumes Average Monthly East−West Volumes Relative to Peak Volumes, 2018
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King Street Nov. 2017CYCLING VOLUMES Transit Pilot Dec. 2018
TOTAL TWO−WAY CYCLIST TRAFFIC AT SPADINA TOTAL TWO−WAY CYCLIST TRAFFIC AT BAY ANNUAL SUMMARY Total Weekday Peak Period Cyclist Volumes, Baseline vs. Oct/Nov 2018 Total Weekday Peak Period Cyclist Volumes, Baseline vs. Oct/Nov 2018
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Richmond
Adelaide 480 • Changes in cycling volumes on streets
-29.2% 340 parallel to King Street have been
Adelaide 70
consistent with expected seasonal
King 180 changes during the pilot, while those +157.1% on King have significantly increased.
King Wellington
• Significant increases in east-west 40 -25.0% 30 cyclist traffic at Bay Street of +160%
Front 100 and +190% were observed along King
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-34.4%
+270.0%
-20.0%
+46.2% 190
Queen
70 Street in the morning and afternoon peak periods, respectively. During this same time period, decreases of -27%
970 Richmond
740 360
320 Adelaide
520 380
210 King
90 260
370 Wellington
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-26.9%
+188.9%
+33.3%
+33.3%
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traffic along corridors parallel to King Street during the morning and afternoon peak periods, respectively.
Richmond • Eastbound volumes along Adelaide
Street have likely been impacted by
Adelaide on-going construction between Spadina Avenue and Yonge Street cycling traffic is also highly sensitive
King to seasonality and weather conditions, which may impact differences in overall cycling volumes.
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BASELINE PILOT OCT/NOV 2017 OCT/NOV 2018 AVERAGE
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King Street Nov. 2017CYCLING VOLUMES Transit Pilot Dec. 2018
THE EFFECT OF SEASONALITY ON CYCLING VOLUMES TOTAL WEEKDAY P.M. PEAK PERIOD (4-7P.M.) CYCLING VOLUMES AT SPADINA Monthly Trends
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King Street Transit Pilot
Nov. 2017Dec. 2018ECONOMIC POINT-OF-SALE
Total Value of Customer Spending
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1.40 City ofToronto
2017 201820162015
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2
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct 2015 2015 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
SurroundingAreas
INDE
X King Street1.20 (Bathurst St.
to Jarvis St.)1.10
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0.90
0.80
0.70
ANNUAL SUMMARYYoY Growth in Total Spending 12 months before pilot vs. 12 months after For spending across all industries, comparing the year over year growth in the twelve (12) month period before the
pilot and 12 months after the pilot was installed shows that: Before Pilot (Nov 2016-Oct 2017) After Pilot (Nov 2017 - Oct 2018) 10% • Year-over-year growth in total spending on King Street has decreased slightly from 2.5% before the pilot to 1.7%
8%
6%
9.0%
5.9%
after the pilot was installed;
• Growth in total spending on King Street is lower than the surrounding areas and city-wide; and
• This is a trend that existed during the year before the pilot was installed, indicating that these differences may not have resulted from the pilot itself.
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4%
2%
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2.5% 1.7%
4.5% 4.0%
King St Surrounding Area Rest of Toronto
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King Street Transit Pilot
Nov. 2017Dec. 2018ECONOMIC POINT-OF-SALE
YoY Growth in Restaurant Spending YoY Growth in Restaurant Sales by Month on King Street ANNUAL SUMMARY 25% 12 months before pilot vs. 12 months after
pilot shows: 10%
Pilo
t Beg
ins
Comparing the year-over-year growth Before Pilot (Nov 2016-Oct 2017) After Pilot (Nov 2017 - Oct 2018) 20% 10% in the 12-month period before the
15%
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pilot and the first 12 months of the 8% 7.7%
3.8%
8.3%
4.7%
6%
4%
2%
0%
5.9% • Restaurant spending appears to 5% have decreased on King St. year
0% over year by 1.2%. -5% • This decrease in restaurant
1.2% Total Sales Restaurant Sales spending appears to have started -2% -10% in late 2017. Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec King St Surrounding Area Rest of Toronto
2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 • Restaurant sales have also experienced lower growth in both the surrounding areas and
YoY Growth in Retail Spending YoY Growth in Retail Sales by Month on King Street city-wide after the pilot was installed, suggesting that the trend 12 months before pilot vs. 12 months after 25%
5% the pilot was installed compared to
Pilo
t Beg
ins
of lower growth cannot entirely be Before Pilot (Nov 2016-Oct 2017) After Pilot (Nov 2017 - Oct 2018) 20% attributed to the pilot. 6%
15% • Spending in both retail and5% 4% 3% 2% 1% 1.7%
5.0%
2.2%
3.4% 4.3%
services sectors appears to have 10% grown faster during the year after
the rate of growth in the year 0% before the pilot began. The growth 0%
-1% 0.9% -5% in these sectors seems to offset Total Sales Retail Sales the reduction in customer
-2% -10% spending in restaurants to result in Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec King St Surrounding Area Rest of Toronto overall year over year growth that 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018
is about the same in the year before and after the pilot was
YoY Growth in Service Spending YoY Growth in Service Sales by Month on King Street installed. 12 months before pilot vs. 12 months after 25%
Before Pilot (Nov 2016-Oct 2017) After Pilot (Nov 2017 - Oct 2018) 20% 12%
15% 10%
10%
Total Sales Services Sales
Pilo
t Beg
ins
8.3%
10.3%
5% 6%
10.5%
8.3%
0% 4%
8%
0% -10% King St Surrounding Area Rest of Toronto Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018 2018
3.1% 2.6%
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2% -5%
FOOD IS
ECONOMIC POINT-OF-SALE King Street Nov. 2017Transit Pilot Dec. 2018
To assist local businesses, the City of Toronto has undertaken a number of promotions and activities throughout the pilot:
• The City launched the "Food is King" promotion, which provided a $15 credit for any resident who used the line-skipping “Ritual” app and involved 52 participating restaurants along and around King Street West.
• This promotion resulted in a $426,005 increase in sales for participating restaurants compared with the weekly average three weeks before the promotion.
Commuting on King is faster than ever. So is picking up your favourite meal.
Poké • Healthy EatsKing & Peter
3 min walk
CALII LOVE
EARN+
SandwichesKing & Brant
2 min walk
PORCHETTA & CO.
Coffee • Baked GoodsKing & Spadina
1 min walk
AROMA ESPRESSO BAR
EARN+
Search for restaurants or cuisine
100%9:41 AMRitual
Offer valid from February 20th, 2018 March 4th, 2018.
Download Ritual & Search “Food is King” for up to $15 off your first order on King Street.
Feb 20 - Mar 4, 2018
• The City issued permits for 14 business to begin operating new on-street public seating areas and outdoor café spaces providing additional space for customers to linger as well as restaurant patios.
Jun 2018
• SHAPELab installations are installed.
• The City partnered with Ryerson University to implement a student design build competition to create interactive public space installations.
Jul 2018
Economic Point-of-Sale Data obtained includes information until December 31, 2018
Jan 12, 2018 Apr 2018 - Jun 2018
• The City and the Toronto Parking Authority began
Visit toronto.ca/kingstreetpilot to view promo location IDs.
Download the Green P App!
KING STREET TRANSIT PILOT
PROMO
Learn more at greenp.com
KINGPILOT
*Promo code redeemable via Green P App only. Visit toronto.ca/kingstreetpilot to view
promo location IDs and related rules and conditions.
into the Discount Section in Session Options and
receive up to $10 off your next parking session.*
November 12th, 2018.
Paying for parking hasnever been so convenient 1. Download the App and
create an account 2. Initiate parking session 3. Park & Pay with App
Promo code valid until
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• Installation of 18 new public spaces began as part of offering a parking promotion through the GreenP the City's "Everyone is King" design/build public space app, to provide customers with a discount of up to competition. $10 off their parking in the pilot area. • Activations such as destination parklets, bike parking
• This promotion has been used over 78,000 times corrals, Bike Share stations, and seating were through the end of December 2018, representing installed along King Street between Bathurst Street a value of approximately $509,520. On average, and Jarvis Street to animate the street for the length the discount code was used 6,572 times per of the transit pilot. month at an average cost per use of $6.46, resulting in a monthly impact of $42,460 for Toronto Parking Authority.
• Total on-street parking revenue in the pilot area during the time when the parking promotion was in effect (from February 2018 to January 31, 2019) was approximately $12.8 million. Pay and display off-street parking generated approximately $2.4 million in this time period.
Nov 2018 - Mar 2019
• King Street Winter Warm-Up pop-ups begin.
• The goal of these events was to encourage people to embrace the winter weather. The events also provided an opportunity to utilize the new public spaces made possible by the pilot configuration. Each event featured warm drinks, oven baked snacks, a cozy fireplace, and live music.
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