According to King Street pilot project data released by the City of Toronto Wednesday evening, there has been an 11-per-cent increase in all-day weekday streetcar ridership.

Al Carbone, owner of the Kit Kat Italian Bar and Grill, told Global News his business has been negatively impacted by the King Street transit pilot project and placed a large ice sculpture of a hand showing the middle finger outside of his restaurant, a move he said is in response to the project.

Under the pilot project, City of Toronto staff want to prioritize transit and make it more efficient on King Street between Bathurst and Jarvis streets by making that section local traffic access only.