Toronto's FIFA World Cup Transit Plan: Road Closures & Public Transit Boost

0:00Toronto was rolling out a transit first plan to handle traffic during next summer's FIFA World Cup, featuring road closures around exhibition place 4, match days and the full tournament. Key spots like parts of Straschen Avenue, Fleet Street and Fort York Boulevard will see restrictions with some areas limited to local traffic only to. Meg Room for dedicated streetcar platforms and better pedestrian flow. Those expect to 15% jump in downtown vehicle traffic on match days so they're boosting public transit services and teaming up with regional partners to ease congestion. Six matches are scheduled at the Toronto Stadium from June 12th to July 2nd, pulling in huge crowds to the area and Liberty Village. The plan, unveiled this Wednesday, heads to the city's FIFA subcommittee on March 30th, then the executive committee on April 15th, City. Until later that month and finally FIFA review, with more details expected soon. That's the story for today. Toronto News Today, driven by AI.