Item - 2025.IE24.13

REVISED

That:

1. City Council direct that effective immediately: 

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to consider implementing the following changes to the operation of speed enforcement cameras: 

a. two thirds of the automated speed enforcement cameras are to be in operation during school hours of 7 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday; and

b. one third of the automated speed enforcement cameras are to operate at random times as a pilot initiative.

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services report to City Council by the end of the first quarter of 2026 on the impacts of Parts 1.a. and 1.b. above.

That:

1. City Council direct that the number of automated speed enforcement cameras be reduced to 100.

That:

1. City Council direct that all speed enforcement cameras be located within school safety zones.

That:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to create a pilot project to place decorative high-visibility vinyl wrap onto select relocatable automated speed enforcement cameras, including consideration of integration into a street art program.

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to City Council by the end of first quarter of 2026 on any measured impacts to improved driver behaviours as a result of the high-visibility wraps.

That:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to review speed limits in the community safety zones where the road way is four or more lanes, and recommend appropriate changes consistent with Vision Zero goals, roadway designs and common sense.

That City Council amend part a. of motion 1.a. by Councillor Holyday by deleting the words "to 5 p.m." and replacing them with the words "to 9 p.m." so that part 1.a. of the motion reads as follows:

1. a. two thirds of the automated speed enforcement cameras are to be in operation during school hours of 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday to Friday; and

That City Council amend Recommendation 7 by adding the words "in school zones" after the words "speed enforcement" so that it now reads as follows:

7. City Council informs the Government of Ontario of its continued support for automated speed enforcement in school zones as an important tool to reduce deaths and serious injuries from motor vehicle collisions in our communities.

That:

1. City Council request the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer to request the Toronto Police Service to provide information on what the additional cost would be to Toronto taxpayers to maintain the current level of safety by deploying sufficient police officers to replace Toronto’s speed cameras with an equivalent level of speed enforcement, without degrading other police services, and to report this information to the November 12, 13, 14 2025 meeting of City Council.

That:

1. City Council request the City Manager to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the impacts of removing all Automated Enforcement Cameras and constructing roundabouts at all 819 Toronto schools and speed humps on roads adjacent to Toronto schools, taking into account the following:

a. anticipated costs;

b. budgetary impacts, including the financial impacts of deploying Toronto Police to undertake the speed enforcement at Toronto schools; and

c. emergency services operations and response time.

2. City Council request the Toronto Police Service board to report on the creation of a Safe School Strategy where police officers are deployed at all Toronto schools in order to enforce speed limits at all Toronto schools.

That:

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to explore time-of-day variable speed limits in appropriate school zones and other high-pedestrian areas, modifications to school zone signage, other speed management strategies, including emerging technologies, and report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the fourth quarter of 2026 on cost, feasibility, and potential safety outcomes of the viable options.

That:

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to immediately pause the issuance of Penalty Orders under the City of Toronto's Automated Speed Enforcement Program and work with the City’s processing centre to instead issue warning notices until otherwise directed by City Council following a report back by the end of December 2025 with a comprehensive plan to enhance the program, including:

a. options to install clear signage indicating the change of speed limit and presence of a camera including road markings and in-road flex signs where Automated Speed Enforcement cameras are deployed;

b. options to limit the number of Automated Speed Enforcement infractions an individual vehicle owner can receive within a prescribed period;

c. the feasibility of issuing a warning notice to vehicle owners prior to fines being levied each time Automated Speed Enforcement cameras are relocated to new areas across the City;

d. the feasibility of issuing warning notices instead of infractions overnight, and

e. ensuring Automated Speed Enforcement cameras are very visible both by day and by night.

That City Council amend motion 4 by Councillor Bradford by adding the words "and community safety" after the word "school" so that it now reads as follows:

7. City Council informs the Government of Ontario of its continued support for automated speed enforcement in school and community safety zones as an important tool to reduce deaths and serious injuries from motor vehicle collisions in our communities. 

That Councillor Paula Fletcher be permitted to withdraw her motion 9a.

REVISED

That:

1. City Council refer motions 1a, 1b, 1c, and 7, and any proposed amendments thereto, to the City Manager and instruct the City Manager to include these motions in his discussion with the Province and to request the Province clarify if any of the proposals in these motions would result in the City of Toronto continuing to have the authority to operate Automated Speed Enforcement to keep vulnerable road users safe.

2. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report on any measures the Province indicates would result in the City of Toronto continuing to have the authority to operate an Automated Speed Enforcement program.

Adoption of Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 1 only:

1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services consider making operational adjustments to the Automated Speed Enforcement program to prevent a driver from receiving a second ticket from a given Automated Speed Enforcement camera until at least seven days after their first ticket to provide an opportunity for the driver to be notified of their first ticket prior to receiving additional tickets.

That in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, City Council reconsider the vote on adoption of Recommendation 1.

Adoption of Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 2 only:

2. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to install additional and larger signs near Automated Speed Enforcement cameras, as requested in 2025.IE22.4, by October 31, 2025 to better inform drivers of Automated Speed Enforcement enforcement.

Adoption of Infrastracture and Environment Committee Recommendation 5 only:

5. City Council request the City Manager send notification to every household within 500 meters of an Automated Speed Enforcement location advising of the potential loss of this road safety measure in their community, including relevant data on road injuries in the area from the past 5 years, the number of offences issued and average speed, and the contact information for their local Member of Provincial Parliament and City Councillor for more information.

Adoption of Infrastructure and Environment Committee Recommendation 7 only:

7. City Council informs the Government of Ontario of its continued support for automated speed enforcement as an important tool to reduce deaths and serious injuries from motor vehicle collisions in our communities.

Adoption of balance of the item as amended.

Councillor Holyday, rising on a Point of Order, stated that, as motion 9b by Councillor Fletcher was not proposing to refer the item, and as he could not speak to the referral, he would like the Speaker to rule as to whether the motion is order and whether or not the parameters of the requirements of a referral are met, including specific instructions for the purpose of the referral and a time frame and an action to bring it back.

Councillor Holyday, rising on a Point of Order, requested that Council vote separately on Recommendation 5.

Councillor Burnside, rising on a Point of Order, requested that Council vote separately on Recommendations 1 and 2.