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Actually, Pier 39 had the highest traffic of any place, but Market was higher than any other street found. Here is the (now outdated, numbers are higher), Market Street study: http://www.bettermarketstreetsf.org/...reetReport.pdf
I thought this is about Chicago and Toronto. How did SF come in again?
LOL! I've walked the length of Yonge, from the lake to Eglinton or thereabouts, many times, and there is no stretch of Yonge that has comparable pedestrian flow as in peak intersections of downtown SF.
Wait, so let me get this straight - as someone who has visited Toronto maybe once or twice - you somehow walked 7.6 km of Yonge Street "many times" on foot? Am I hearing this correctly?
Just FYI, it takes about 1 hr and 45 minutes to walk that entire stretch on foot, and you allegedly did it "many times" as a tourist.
Most intriguing. You must be totally crushing your Fitbit.
I thought this is about Chicago and Toronto. How did SF come in again?
Because the title is which US/Canadian city has the 2nd most foot traffic (after NYC). Many people think that might be SF, not Chicago or Toronto (as that previous thread, also about foot traffic suggested).
Yonge and Dundas sees an annual average of approx. 100,000 pedestrians per day, but it's obviously lower in the winter and higher in the warms months. A nice summer day can see over 150,000 people walk through the intersection.
Times Square sees 300,000 - 450,000 people a day depending on the time of year.
Anyone who says that downtown Toronto isn't as busy as Chicago or SF obviously hasn't spent enough time in the city to see what it's like to try and walk around there on a daily basis, it's often packed to the point of annoyance and getting busier every year with thousands of new residents moving to the core due to the condo boom. The number of new units being built and completed in downtown Toronto every year is incredible, far beyond that of Chicago or SF.
Yonge and Dundas sees an annual average of approx. 100,000 pedestrians per day, but it's obviously lower in the winter and higher in the warms months. A nice summer day can see over 150,000 people walk through the intersection.
Times Square sees 300,000 - 450,000 people a day depending on the time of year.
Anyone who says that downtown Toronto isn't as busy as Chicago or SF obviously hasn't spent enough time in the city to see what it's like to try and walk around there on a daily basis, it's often packed to the point of annoyance and getting busier every year with thousands of new residents moving to the core due to the condo boom. The number of new units being built and completed in downtown Toronto every year is incredible, far beyond that of Chicago or SF.
Based on that other thread SF Market st gets 50k.
Michigan Ave gets 40k.
Market st is nothing compared to that stretch of Yonge and even other streets in Toronto's core. This is evident as soon as you visit them.
Even obvious from this YouTube video which compares both streets.
Day, week, year, time of day, time of week, time of year....all impact pedestrian presence. Holidays, special events, sports, games...all impact pedestrian presence. Chances are, comparisons are not apples to apples. If it's a beautiful, sunny day in Chicago, people are at the beach, or running, biking, etc., along Lake Michigan. Like I said, apples to apples.
I think all the yammering means that there are a group of cities in pretty close contention. It’ll likely be a while before any one of these makes an obvious and nearly inarguable separation from the pack and by that time, it might even go to a dark horse candidate.
Yonge may be busier but that video doesn't show Market Street. The Market pedestrian counts are also from 2010, so should be higher now. I would also caution against comparing pedestrian counts, given wildly different methodologies.
Yonge may be busier but that video doesn't show Market Street. The Market pedestrian counts are also from 2010, so should be higher now. I would also caution against comparing pedestrian counts, given wildly different methodologies.
pssst...San Francisco references were just deleted...it's not about SF.
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