Toronto is moving forward with its plan to transition lanes on some of its busiest streets into reserved lanes for TTC vehicles.

Starting Wednesday, construction will transform the north and southbound middle lanes on Bathurst Street, between Bathurst Station and Lakeshore Boulevard, into priority lanes.

This change will reduce the street to one lane of car traffic in each direction and remove street parking. The potential for faster public transit has commuters excited, but some local businesses are worried about what sort of impact the loss of street parking might have.

“I understand that public transit is growing, and it’s something that we want to be more enhanced … but at the same time we need to make sure small businesses are being looked after, it’s really tough right now.” said

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