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Toronto is starting to feel a lot busier these days

While Toronto has yet to be included inStage 2 of the province's reopening plan, you certainly wouldn't know it from walking around the city.

The streets may have appeareddeserted and eerily emptyjust weeks ago as a result of the global pandemic, but people have begun to resume many of their regular day-to-day activities and it certainly shows.

Driving levels, for one thing, have increased significantly over the past month or so.

According to aMobility Trends Reportthat's published daily based on requests for directions in Apple Maps, driving in Toronto has increased back up to 1 per cent above the baseline average for the city.

At the height of Ontario's lockdown measures, the same report found thatdriving in the city had dropped 73 per centbelow the baseline.

covid torontoWalking levels have also drastically increased since then, and they now sit around 4 per cent below the baseline.

Transit use, however, remains significantly less than usual at 64 per cent below the baseline.

But it doesn't take a mobility report to confirm that Toronto is far busier these days than it was in March or April.

All you have to do is simply walk outside to witness crowded sidewalks, parks, boardwalks and businesses.

Bike lanes have also been busier than ever as of late, which is likely partially to do with the cityopening sections of major roads to pedestrians and cyclists on weekends, and partially because biking is one activity that has been deemed safe and is being encouraged throughout the pandemic.

But unfortunately, with increased crowding comes an abundance of residents who seem to believe the pandemic is over.

体育ople in Toronto have beenspotted drinking on sidewalksin large groups without any social distancing in practice, and many have remarked that mask usage is a rare right to see in the city's downtown core.

So while it may be nice to see the city slowly returning to something resembling normal amid the beautiful summer weather, it's important to remember that the deadly virus is still in circulation and it remains essential that Torontonians listen to public health guidance and practice hand washing, physical distancing and mask usage in order to keep themselves and others around them safe.

Lead photo by

Hector Vasquez


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