Item - 2024.TE17.35

The Toronto and East York Community Council:

1. Authorized the installation of traffic calming (speed humps) and directed the City Solicitor to prepare a By-law to alter sections of the roadway to install:

a. one speed hump on Indian Road between Grenadier Road and Geoffrey Street for traffic calming purposes, generally as shown on Attachment 1 to the revised report (October 15, 2024), from the Director, Planning, Design and Management, Transportation Services;

b. four speed humps on High Park Boulevard between Parkside Drive and Indian Road for traffic calming purposes, generally as shown on Attachment 2 to the revised report (October 15, 2024), from the Director, Planning, Design and Management, Transportation Services;

c. four speed humps on Ridout Street between Parkside Drive and Indian Road for traffic calming purposes, generally as shown on Attachment 3 to the revised report (October 15, 2024), from the Director, Planning, Design and Management, Transportation Services;

d. four speed humps on Geoffrey Street between Parkside Drive and Indian Road for traffic calming purposes, generally as shown on Attachment 4 to the revised report (October 15, 2024), from the Director, Planning, Design and Management, Transportation Services; and

e. five speed humps on Wright Avenue between Parkside Drive and Sunnyside Avenue for traffic calming purposes, generally as shown on Attachment 5 to the revised report (October 15, 2024), from the Director, Planning, Design and Management, Transportation Services.

2. Requested the General Manager, Transportation Services re-evaluate the warrant criteria for traffic calming (speed humps) on Indian Road between Bloor Street West and Grenadier Road, and between Geoffrey Street and Garden Avenue should there be a change in traffic patterns in the area.

This staff report is about a matter that Community Council has delegated authority from City Council to make a final decision.

This report recommends the installation of speed humps on five streets adjacent to the Parkside Drive Study area in Ward 4. Staff's assessment indicates that the criteria as set out in the updated Traffic Calming Policy have been satisfied and speed humps would support enhanced safety, are desired by the local community and are technically feasible to implement.

Therefore, staff recommend that speed humps be installed on the following streets:

-Indian Road between Grenadier Road and Geoffrey Street

-High Park Boulevard between Parkside Drive and Indian Road

-Ridout Street between Parkside Drive and Indian Road

-Geoffrey Street between Parkside Drive and Indian Road

-Wright Avenue between Parkside Drive and Sunnyside Avenue

Transportation Services also reviewed the need for speed humps on Indian Road between Bloor Street West and Grenadier Road, and between Geoffrey Street and Garden Avenue. The assessment indicates the warrant criteria as set out in the updated Traffic Calming Policy has not been satisfied. Staff recommend that the warrant criteria be reevaluated at a future time, should there be a change in traffic patterns in the area.