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Aylmer Square Proposal Mar 15, 2013 Here is a revitalization project I've been working on for Queen Street East, in the Beaches. This is barely a hint of what I have in mind.
Fix up Queen Street The idea is to beautify the street between Kingston Road to the end of Queen at the waterworks and to slow down traffic making Queen Street less of a thoroughfare, that requirement would be better served by Kingston Road which is currently used as a thoroughfare anyway. Eventually, I'd like to see a subway along Queen that would run up Kingston Road eventually meeting up at the Danforth. Several intersections, such as this one at Aylmer Avenue, could be developed into 'squares' along Queen Street. The hulking streetcars and busses on Queen, east of Kingston Road would be replaced with very small busses as illustrated HERE.
I used adobe Illustrator for this. Click to enlarge.
Beach Circle Proposal Mar 15, 2013 Here is a preliminary mockup of a roundabout conversion to the intersection of Queen Street East and Beach Avenue near the eastern end of Queen Street. Existing buildings in 2013 can remain but a small slice of the four corner properties would have to be expropriated. The sidewalk corners would require a set back of about 1.6 meters. Traffic lights would be eliminated. Streetcars would be eliminated and be replaced with my small bus proposal. Normal sized buses as well as large trucks or emergency vehicles will be able to navigate the circle with little difficulty.