Item - 2024.TE13.42
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on May 22, 2024 with amendments.
- This item was considered by Toronto and East York Community Council on May 7, 2024. It is being forwarded to City Council without recommendations. It will be considered by City Council on May 22, 2024.
- See also Bills 637, 638, 639
- See also By-laws 514-2024, 515-2024
TE13.42 - Keeping Dundas Street Streetcar Moving Through Chinatown: Temporary Adjustments to Parking Regulations on Dundas Street West
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Ward:
- 11 - University - Rosedale
City Council Decision
City Council on May 22 and 23, 2024, adopted the following:
1. City Council authorize amendments to parking and traffic regulations on Dundas Street West, as set out in Attachment 1 to the revised supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services, until January 1, 2025.
2. City Council delegate, despite any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until January 1, 2025, for the purposes of implementing and then addressing operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to the projects identified in Part 1 above, the authority to implement changes and process and submit directly to Council, any necessary bills for by-law amendments to the schedules, to City of Toronto Code Chapters on the streets and within the parameters as identified in Attachment 3 to the revised supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services.
3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Toronto Transit Commission, the Chinatown Business Improvement Area, and the Toronto Parking Authority, to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council by the fourth quarter of 2024 on the effectiveness of these changes for streetcar operations and a recommended long-term plan for parking, loading and traffic regulations on Dundas Street West between Spadina Avenue and McCaul Street.
Background Information (Community Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-245435.pdf
Background Information (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-245985.pdf
(May 21, 2024) Supplementary Report and Attachments 1-3 from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services on Temporary Parking and Traffic Amendments - Dundas Street West - Supplementary Report (TE13.42a)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-245952.pdf
Communications (City Council)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/comm/communicationfile-179694.pdf
Motions (City Council)
That City Council adopt the following recommendations 1 and 2 in the revised supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services, amended to read as follows:
1. City Council authorize the amendments to parking and traffic regulations on Dundas Street West, as set out in Attachment 1 to the report “Temporary Parking and Traffic Amendments – Dundas Street West – Supplementary Report”, dated May 22, 2024 from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services, until January 1, 2025.
2. City Council delegate, despite any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until January 1, 2025, for the purposes of implementing and then addressing operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to the projects identified in Recommendation 1, the authority to implement changes and process and submit directly to Council, any necessary bills for by-law amendments to the schedules, to City of Toronto Code Chapters on the streets and within the parameters as identified in Attachment 3 to the revised supplementary report (May 22, 2024) from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services.
That:
1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Toronto Transit Commission, the Chinatown Business Improvement Area, and the Toronto Parking Authority, to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council by the fourth quarter of 2024 on the effectiveness of these changes for streetcar operations and a recommended long-term plan for parking, loading and traffic regulations on Dundas Street West between Spadina Avenue and McCaul Street.
TE13.42 - Keeping Dundas Street Streetcar Moving Through Chinatown: Temporary Adjustments to Parking Regulations on Dundas Street West
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Without Recs
- Ward:
- 11 - University - Rosedale
Community Council Recommendations
The Toronto and East York Community Council forwards the Item to City Council without recommendation.
Decision Advice and Other Information
The Toronto and East York Community Council requested the General Manager, Transportation Services to report directly to the May 22, 2024 meeting of City Council on recommended temporary parking, loading and traffic amendments on Dundas Street West that would support timely and reliable streetcar service on Dundas Street West between Spadina Avenue and McCaul Street during construction at Spadina Station.
Origin
Summary
During the June to December 2024 closure of the 510 Spadina streetcar for construction at Spadina Station, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) wishes to enhance alternate routes for customer movement to and through the Chinatown neighbourhood. One key alternate route is the 505 Dundas streetcar. Unfortunately, this streetcar is frequently delayed by acute traffic congestion between Spadina Avenue and McCaul Street. To improve timeliness and reliability of 505 Dundas streetcar service through Chinatown during the Spadina closure, TTC is requesting that Council temporarily modify left-turn prohibitions, reduce on-street general-use parking, and add no stopping restrictions in strategic locations and timeframes along Dundas Street West between Spadina Avenue and McCaul Street. Designated loading zones may also help to reduce conflicts with streetcar service while supporting local businesses.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-245435.pdf
Motions
That in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, Toronto and East York Community Council reconsider Item TE13.42.
That the Toronto and East York Community Council:
1. Forward the Item to City Council without recommendation.
2. Request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report directly to the May 22, 2024 meeting of City Council on recommended temporary parking, loading and traffic amendments on Dundas Street West that would support timely and reliable streetcar service on Dundas Street West between Spadina Avenue and McCaul Street during construction at Spadina Station.