Transportation

Fixing Toronto's Worst Streetcar Commute

Connecting a number of rapidly densifying neighborhoods, the 504 King will finally get priority over cars along a central portion of its journey thanks to a one-year, $1.5 million pilot study starting this fall.
During a typical morning and evening rush, thousands of commuters on the 504 King streetcar must wait at poorly-timed lights and behind left-turning cars—a situation that leads to hideous bunches and gaps in service.TTC

Toronto's 504 King streetcar is one Canada's busiest surface transit routes.

On an average weekday, the U-shaped route through the city's financial core carries approximately 64,500 people: more than Toronto's busiest suburban commuter line and only fewer than the city's two busiest subway lines.