Item - 2025.TTC4.4

The TTC Board:

1. Endorsed the proposed installation of priority bus lanes in both directions on Dufferin Street between Eglinton Avenue West and King Street West.

2. Endorsed the proposed installation of a southbound transit lane on Dufferin Street between Thorburn Avenue and Springhurst Avenue.

3. Endorsed the proposed installation of priority bus lanes in both directions on Bathurst Street between Eglinton Avenue East and Bathurst Station (Barton Avenue).

4. Endorsed the proposed installation of centre priority transit lanes in both directions on Bathurst Street between Bathurst Station (Barton Avenue) and Lake Shore Boulevard West.

5. Directed that the information contained in Confidential Attachment 2 remain confidential until award of contracts.

6. Forwarded this report, and Confidential Attachment 2, to City Council, through Executive Committee, for consideration after the completion of ongoing public consultation (to be completed on May 26, 2025) alongside the complimentary report from the General Manager, Transportation Services in Summer 2025 which incorporates public feedback into the design.

7. Directed that the Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer, in collaboration with the FWC26 Toronto Secretariat, report back on all transit related deliverables as part of planning for FIFA World Cup 2026 in Toronto. Updates should include the latest information on service planning, capital projects and communication, including budgets and timelines, and report back on quarterly basis starting Q3 2025.

8. Requested staff to develop baseline metrics and data that will be useful in evaluating the success of the Transit Priority initiative.

9. Committed to use any reductions in bus/streetcar travel time from creation of priority lanes to improve the frequency and reliability of service for riders on the affected routes, not to create financial savings for the TTC.

10. Requested City Council to direct staff to explore opportunities to accelerate beautification of the public realm along the Bathurst and Dufferin priority transit corridors in accordance with the recently approved “Towards a Beautiful City – A Path Forward” Plan.

The purpose of this report is to provide an update on two RapidTO roadways. TTC staff, with support from City staff in Transportation Services, have been reviewing opportunities to install transit priority measures (TPM) on the following two roadways:

1. Dufferin Street between Eglinton Avenue West and Dufferin Gate Loop; and
2. Bathurst Street between Eglinton Avenue West and Lake Shore Boulevard West.

Both roadways are part of the RapidTO: Surface Transit Network Plan (STNP) – a city-wide initiative aimed at improving the reliability of bus and streetcar routes, endorsed, in principle, by City Council in February 2024. Each roadway has undergone a feasibility study to identify the most appropriate TPM, tailored to the unique characteristics and requirements of the local context, with considerations for transportation equity. A brief overview of the proposed design and expected impacts for each of the two roadways is provided in the Comments section. Additional details, including the decision history, proposed cross-sections, proposed stop changes, design evaluations, public consultation approach and the RapidTO monitoring program are included in Attachment 1.