... Themajority of thismedium‐to‐highdensityneighbourhoodiszonedforresidential and commerciallanduses,withsomescatteredparkland and theUniversity of Torontonearby.Themajority of businessesonBloorStreetbetween ... Inordertounderstandtheeffects of removingonelane of on‐streetparking,theresearchersneededtoknowthecurrentsupply of publicon‐street and off‐streetparkinginthearea, and thecurrentrates of usage.Ifonelane of parkingisremoved,merchants and Citydecision‐makerswillwanttoknowiftheexistingparkingdemandcanbeaccommodatedwiththeremainingsupply.(Itisimportanttonotethateveniftheremainingsupplycannotaccommodateexistingdemand,municipalitieshavetheoption of constructingnewmunicipalparkinglotsorconvertingsidestreetparkingtopayparking.Forexample,aspart of thenewlyconstructedSt.Clairstreetcarexclusiveright of way,TPAisbuildingnew‘GreenP’lotstomakeupforsome of theloston‐streetparking.)Ratherthanusingobservationaldata,parkingcapacity and usagedatawasrequestedfromtheTorontoParkingAuthority(TPA).BecausetheTPAnowexclusivelyemployspay and displayparkingmachinesforon‐streetparking and inmostmunicipalparkinglots(‘GreenP’lots),theTPAhasarobust,sophisticated, and reliablesystemfortrackingparkingusage. ... TogettotheAnnexneighbourhoodresidents and visitorshavemanyoptions.Twosubwaylines,twostreetcarlines and avariety of busroutesfeedintotwosubwaystations(Spadina and Bathurst)ateitherend of thestudyarea.Bloorisone of thebusiestcyclingstreetsinthecity and hasmorebicycle‐motorvehiclecollisionsthanotherstreets.However,therearecurrentlynodedicatedcyclingfacilitiesthatleaddirectlyintothisarea.St.GeorgeStreet–one of thecity’smostpopularnorth‐southbikelanes–isapproximately300metrestotheeast of thestudyarea.BloorStreetisalsoapopularwalkingroutebetweenneighbourhoodstothewest of thestudyarea,theUniversity of Torontojusteast of thestudyarea, and Toronto’sdowntowncore. Bike Lanes, On-Street Parking and Business 9 Map 4. The Annex built form and...