Item - 2025.TE20.40

That City Council adopt the following recommendations in the supplementary report (April 22, 2025) from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services [TE20.40a]:

1. City Council designate the northerly eastbound lane on Queen Street East between Hamilton Street and Broadview Avenue as a reserved lane for public transit vehicles at all times, to be in effect from May 11, 2025, until regular Toronto Transit Commission streetcar service has resumed at the intersection of King Street and Church Street.

2. City Council authorize amendments to parking and traffic regulations as set out in Attachment 1 to be in effect from May 11, 2025, until regular Toronto Transit Commission streetcar service has resumed at the intersection of King Street and Church Street.

3.  City Council authorize to when regular Toronto Transit Commission streetcar service has resumed at the intersection of King Street and Church Street, inclusive, restriction of permits for Curb Lane CaféTO installations during the diversion routing along the following roadway sections:

a. south side of Queen Street East, from Hamilton Street to a point 9 metres east of Broadview Avenue.

b. both sides of Queen Street East, from East Don Roadway to Church Street;

c. both sides of Church Street from, Queen Street East to Adelaide Street East;

d. both sides of York Street, from Queen Street West to Adelaide Street West; and

e. both sides of Queen Street West, from York Street to Spadina Avenue.

4. City Council delegate, authority to the General Manager, Transportation Services to amend the by-laws outlined in Recommendations 1 to 3 from May 11, 2025 to October 14, 2025, for the purposes of addressing operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to the watermain and track maintenance project. City Council authorize the General Manager to implement changes 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 generally described in Attachment 2.

5. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, to collect traffic and transit data, monitor the performance of the transit priority measures, subject to data availability.

6. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Toronto Transit Commission, local Business Improvement Areas, and the Toronto Parking Authority, to report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council by the fourth quarter of 2025 on the effectiveness of these changes for streetcar operations and a recommended long-term plan for parking and traffic regulations on Queen Street West and Queen Street East, from Spadina Avenue to Broadview Avenue.

That:

1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, to report to the June 5, 2025, meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council on:

a. how the TTC tracks and watermain at the intersection of King Street East and Church Street degraded to the point of requiring repair and an associated diversion; and

b. the ongoing active traffic management measures for the area bounded by the Don River, Eastern Avenue, Broadview Avenue, and Gerrard Street East, including a specific update on actions taken, and additional recommendations at Broadview Avenue and Dundas Street East.

That consideration of the item be deferred until the April 23, 24 and 25, 2025, meeting of City Council.

That in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 27, Council Procedures, Toronto and East York Community Council reconsider Item TE20.40.

That the item be forwarded to City Council without recommendation.