Bike Lanes, On-Street Parking and Business Year 2 Report: A Study of Bloor Street in Toronto's Bloor West Village

On March 15, 2010, the Clean Air Partnership (CAP) released a research report Bike Lanes, On-Street Parking and Business Year 2 Report: A Study of Bloor Street in Toronto's Bloor West Village. This study was conducted as a follow up to similar research conducted in the summer of 2008 in the Bloor Annex neighbourhood in Toronto.

A summary of the findings:
- 4 out of 5 (80%) people surveyed do not usually drive to the area
- merchants overestimated the percentage of people who drive to the Bloor West Village and yet more than half of merchants surveyed believed that on-street parking by 50% and adding a bike lane or widening sidewalks would either increase or have no impact on their daily number of customers
- people who arrive by transit, foot, and bicycle visit more often and report spending more money than those who drive
- people who preferred to see street use reallocated for widened sidewalks or a bike lane were significantly more likely to spend more than $100 per month than those who preferred no change
- the majority of people surveyed (58%) preferred to see street use reallocated for widened sidewalks or a bike lane, even if on-street parking were reduced by 50%

To read the study report please click here.