Item - 2021.MM34.38

City Council on June 8 and 9, 2021, adopted the following:

1.  City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to increase their efforts to take action against stunt drivers and street racers in order to end these dangerous practices.
 

2.  City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to prepare in advance on how measures in Bill 282, Moving Ontarians More Safely Act, 2021 might be used to improve road safety in Toronto.
 

3.  City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the September 14, 2021 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on how Bill 282, Moving Ontarians More Safely Act, 2021 might make Toronto's roads safer; and to include in that report what authority would be required to conduct automated enforcement of dangerous street racing.
 

4.  City Council request the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards to include the Don Valley Parkway in the City's Noise Team and Toronto Police Services' upcoming education initiatives to inform the motorcycle industry, riders and enthusiasts on the acceptable noise levels for motorcycles on Toronto roadways; and to report to the September 14, 2021 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on those initiatives and related community noise concerns.
 

5.  City Council request the City Manager to report to the July 5, 2021 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the work of the action table convened, as per Council's request of October 27, 28 and 30, 2020 in Member Motion MM25.24, with appropriate stakeholders to address the significant increase in street racing on local streets and highways from a safety, noise, and traffic perspective.