Item - 2024.MM20.22
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on July 24, 2024 with amendments.
MM20.22 - A Traffic Action Plan for Liberty Village - by Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik, seconded by Councillor Gord Perks
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 10 - Spadina - Fort York
City Council Decision
City Council on July 24 and 25, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, and the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place, to immediately develop and implement a Liberty Village Traffic Action Plan, that includes:
a. examining all measures, including those pertaining to parking, construction, event management, and rideshare to preserve road safety, reduce congestion, improve traffic flow, ensure fast and reliable travel times for all road users (including transit users on the 63 Ossington bus), with regard for traffic management plans in adjacent neighbourhoods, and to begin implementing measures in July 2024;
b. establishing short, medium, and long-term actions in the neighbourhood, associated reporting time frames, and metrics of success, and to consult with the Liberty Village Residents’ Association, Liberty Village Business Improvement Area, and local residents to integrate local feedback and to evaluate the success of these measures at the neighbourhood level; and
c. reaffirming the request of Metrolinx to adhere to the City’s standards for work at Ontario Line stations outlined in the Ontario Line Subcommittee Report, including around public consultation and engagement with local stakeholders and residents, road accessibility, safety, congestion management, and noise, and to underscore the pressing need for these measures to be implemented in Liberty Village around the forthcoming Exhibition Station site.
and to report back to the September 25, 2024 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council with a status update.
Background Information (City Council)
Communications (City Council)
(July 24, 2024) E-mail from Robert Faichney (MM.New)
Motions (City Council)
Speaker Nunziata advised Council that the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, require that Motion MM20.22 be referred to the Toronto and East York Community Council. A two-thirds vote of the Council Members present is required to waive referral.
That City Council amend MM20.22 Recommendation 1 by:
a. deleting the word "collaboration" and replacing with the word "consultation"; and
b. adding "the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place" after "the Executive Director, Transit Expansion";
so that it now reads as follows:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in collaboration consultation with the Chief Engineer and Executive Director, Engineering and Construction Services, the Executive Director, Transit Expansion, Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, and the Chief Executive Officer, Exhibition Place, to immediately develop and implement a Liberty Village Traffic Action Plan, that includes:
a. examining all measures, including those pertaining to parking, construction, event management, and rideshare to preserve road safety, reduce congestion, improve traffic flow, ensure fast and reliable travel times for all road users (including transit users on the 63 Ossington bus), with regard for traffic management plans in adjacent neighbourhoods, and to begin implementing measures in July 2024;
b. establishing short, medium, and long-term actions in the neighbourhood, associated reporting time frames, and metrics of success, and to consult with the Liberty Village Residents’ Association, Liberty Village Business Improvement Area, and local residents to integrate local feedback and to evaluate the success of these measures at the neighbourhood level; and
c. reaffirming the request of Metrolinx to adhere to the City’s standards for work at Ontario Line stations outlined in the Ontario Line Subcommittee Report, including around public consultation and engagement with local stakeholders and residents, road accessibility, safety, congestion management, and noise, and to underscore the pressing need for these measures to be implemented in Liberty Village around the forthcoming Exhibition Station site.
and to report back to the September 25, 2024 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council with a status update.