Item - 2026.TTC16.14
Tracking Status
- This item will be considered by Toronto Transit Commission on July 22, 2026.
TTC16.14 - Speeding up the College Streetcar Study - by Commissioner Dianne Saxe, seconded by Chair Jamaal Myers
- Consideration Type:
- ACTION
July 20, 2026 - Communications were posted.
Recommendations
It is recommended that:
1. TTC Board direct staff, in collaboration with the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report back to this Board in Q1 2027 with recommendations how to improve the speed and reliability of the College Streetcar through measures that are within the control of the TTC.
Summary
More than half of Ward 11 residents do not have private vehicles and depend on transit and active transportation. Key transit arteries in Ward 11 include the busy Dundas, College, Bathurst and Spadina streetcar lines. International research has shown that Toronto streetcars are the slowest in the world, due primarily to the vehicles being stuck in mixed traffic and lacking appropriate transit priority. Transit priority measures (including signal changes, and parking and turn restrictions) that have been rolled out on Spadina, Bathurst and Dundas have demonstrated that considerable improvements are possible when transit gets the priority it deserves. Now it’s time to learn what is possible and achievable on College Street.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2026/ttc/bgrd/backgroundfile-289435.pdf
Communications
(July 20, 2026) E-mail from Jen Rothschild (TTC.Supp)
(July 20, 2026) E-mail from Brenda MacDougall (TTC.Supp)
(July 20, 2026) E-mail from Allison Laux (TTC.Supp)
(July 20, 2026) E-mail from Melissa Donato (TTC.Supp)
(July 20, 2026) E-mail from Julie Fass (TTC.Supp)
(July 20, 2026) E-mail from David Mitchelson (TTC.Supp)
(July 20, 2026) E-mail from Nicole Tataj (TTC.Supp)
(July 20, 2026) E-mail from Michael Martin (TTC.Supp)
(July 20, 2026) E-mail from Deb Filler & Francine Zuckerman (TTC.Supp)
(July 20, 2026) E-mail from Peter Bartrem (TTC.Supp)