Item - 2025.TE25.65

City Council considered the following items together:

TE25.65 headed “Establishing a Community Safety Zone on Dovercourt Road, between College Street and Dundas Street West”;

IE24.4 headed “Review of Automated Speed Enforcement Ticket Appeals Process”;

IE24.13 headed “Optimizing the Automated Speed Enforcement Program to Stop Speeding”;

SC25.31 headed “Kingston Road - Community Safety Zone”; and

MM33.2 headed “Making our Communities Safe by Supporting a Common Sense Approach to Speed Cameras - by Councillor Josh Matlow, seconded by Councillor Jamaal Myers”.

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that: 

1. City Council designate a Community Safety Zone to be in effect at all times on both sides of Dovercourt Road, between Dundas Street West and College Street.

Dovercourt Road, between College Street and Dundas Street West, links many residents and their families to several nearby schools, the West End Parents Daycare, a local YMCA, and several popular neighbourhood parks. It is also a popular route for drivers travelling between two very busy major arterials.

I have heard many concerns from residents about dangerous driving behaviour, including excessive speeding, drivers running through the crosswalk, and near misses with pedestrians and cyclists. These concerns reflect an urgent need for improved safety measures to prevent a serious collision.

Transportation Services conducted a review and determined that designating this section of Dovercourt Road as a community safety zone is warranted. The proximity to several schools and a daycare, the significant pedestrian volume, and limitations to traffic calming options all justified the need for this designation. The establishment of a community safety zone will increase penalties for drivers violating traffic rules and will support any future installations of an automated speed enforcement system. These improvements will help to improve safety for all vulnerable road users travelling around this growing neighbourhood.