Item - 2025.TE27.51

The Toronto and East York Community Council recommends that:

1. City Council authorize amendments to parking and traffic regulations as set out in Attachment 1 to the report (November 6, 2025) from the Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services, to take effect from January 1, 2026.

2. 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 and report back on the findings to the May 28, 2026 meeting of the Toronto and East York Community Council.

3. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, to engage with local Business Improvement Areas, resident associations, the Friends of Trinity Bellwoods and the Trinity Bellwoods Farmers Market, to review opportunities to ensure accessibility and report back to the Toronto and East York Community Council.

The Toronto and East York Community Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, to report directly to the December 16, 17 and 18, 2025 meeting of City Council on proposed transit priority measures on the south side of Dundas Street West between Dovercourt Road and Bay Street.

Transportation Services is requesting approval, on behalf of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), to install transit priority measures (TPMs) to support 6-minute headways on the 505 Dundas streetcar route from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, with these service improvements to 6-minute headways beginning in November 2025. If approved, the TPMs to support the 6-minute headways would be implemented January 2026.

The proposed changes aim to benefit the passengers using the 505 Dundas route, who currently total over 205,000 per week.

The purpose of this report is to recommend a suite of TPMs to help improve the speed and reliability of the 505 Dundas route and alleviate the risk of increased bunching and gapping associated with moving to a more frequent headway. The proposed changes span Dundas Street West between Bloor Street West (near Dundas West Station) and Dovercourt Road; and Dundas Street East between Yonge Street and Parliament Street. The changes include expanding ‘No Stopping’ coverage of the AM and PM peak periods on weekdays, as well as new and expanded left-turn restrictions on Dundas Street and Wellesley Street.

The change to curbside regulations proposed in this report is to have ‘No Stopping’ coverage in both the AM and PM peak periods on both sides of the street, where it is currently only AM or PM. The hours for the new ‘No Stopping’ period reflect the hours used on the opposite side of the street. This would make the ‘No Stopping’ match for both sides of the road for both the AM and PM peak periods, improving consistency for the restrictions along the corridor while improving traffic flow for the added periods. For example, if the north side of Dundas Street West has ‘No Stopping’ from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., Mon. to Fri., and the south side has ‘No Stopping’ from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Mon. to Fri., both sides of Dundas Street West are proposed to have ‘No Stopping’ from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., Mon. to Fri.

The changes proposed in this report only span a portion of the 505 Dundas route - broader changes for the entire corridor are still being investigated and will be the subject of a future report. The TTC will also work with the City to monitor the impacts of the proposed changes to determine if the extents and the periods need to be changed.

The changes proposed in this report impact the AM and PM peak periods for ‘No Stopping’ restrictions on weekdays while the left-turn restrictions impact different periods depending on the location. Based on 2025 travel time data, there are additional time periods during the week that have slow speeds on the 505 Dundas route, such as Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The TTC, in partnership with Transportation Services, will continue to engage with customers, local Councillors, residents, and BIAs along the 505 Dundas route on more comprehensive TPMs that will aim to improve the speed and reliability of transit.

The recommendations in this report support the initiative to improve transit speed and reliability, as outlined in the Congestion Management Plan. The proposed TPMs support the designation of Dundas Street East and West in the area covered by this report as a Priority Roadway for transit improvement, as identified in the RapidTO: Surface Transit Network Plan approved by City Council in February 2024.

As TTC operates transit service on Dundas Street East and Dundas Street West, City Council approval of this report is required.