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UPDATE: Late Thursday afternoon, five days after launch, Apple Maps had been updated to reflect the new King Street Pilot Project.

Toronto motorists and transit users may want to double check the routes and transit stops in their smartphone’s GPS apps on Sunday as they look to navigate the confusion of the city’s major King Street transit pilot project once it launches.

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The busy street within the downtown core of Canada’s largest city is getting a transit- and cyclist-focused overhaul across 18 intersections from Bathurst to Jarvis Sts, which will severely change how people move around the area. The city has reported that 20,000 vehicles use King St. per day, while the TTC says 60,000 people use its King streetcar each weekday.

While city planners have publicly said that it will take time for people to adjust to the new rules — which includes moving the location of transit stops and significantly rerouting traffic — people hoping for navigational assistance from their smartphone will want to first make sure the street changes have been adjusted in their favourite apps before using them as some of the companies behind them have yet to confirm exact timing for updates.