evandyk
Senior Member
City News is out there interviewing people live on air. I should have stuck around.
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Monarch Butterfly
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"Transportation" is more than just the automobile. It includes walking by people, cycling by people, and using public transit by people. In other words, moving PEOPLE from one place to another place.Toronto Region Board of Trade posted support for the projects north to Eglinton:
Toronto's Congestion Crisis: Why #RapidTO Must Expand to Eglinton | Toronto Region Board of Trade posted on the topic | LinkedIn
"Congestion is the top challenge facing Toronto today, already costing businesses valuable time and lost revenue. While we recognize prioritizing transit on Dufferin and Bathurst as a step in the right direction, we recommend that City officials revisit and expand the proposed #RapidTO plan to...www.linkedin.com
Monarch Butterfly
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TTCriders (@ttcriders.bsky.social)
Please see our letter to the Mayor's Executive Committee, about RapidTO dedicated transit lanes, requesting they be approved as originally proposed, and clear timelines for their implementation. ttcriders.ca/rapidto_letter
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txlseries4
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RapidTO on Bathurst and Dufferin is before Executive Committee today, with the much-covered "watered down" plan which ends bus lanes at Bloor St. 67 people signed up to speak, and the clerks have added nearly 200 emails or letters submitted. We have a preview of what the Mayor will be moving as a motion on the item, from a letter the Mayor submitted. Here's a few excerpts but full letter in the link. There's a live stream of the meeting here.
My motion below asks staff to work with local councillors, residents, businesses and transit riders to find a path forward to extend RapidTO north along Dufferin and Bathurst. It also asks for creative interim traffic solutions for the FIFA World Cup, such as HOV bus lanes, rush hour needs, loading zones and delivery times for local businesses, pick up and drop-off areas, parking alternatives - whatever it takes to make faster transit service a reality.
The city-wide benefit of RapidTO is clear. With these lanes in place, the TTC estimates thousands of additional daily riders on these arterial roads - that means fewer cars and less traffic. We know the economic cost of congestion is staggering, and that’s why the Toronto Region Board of Trade has expressed support for RapidTO. I am confident we can find a way forward to get Toronto moving.
Recommendations:
1. Direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to work with the Mayor’s Office, local Councillors, residents, businesses and transit riders, to develop implementation plans, with due consideration of local needs, for the remaining RapidTO corridors north of Bloor Street West on Bathurst to Eglinton Ave W and Dufferin to Wilson Station, and report back alongside the evaluation of the RapidTO Dufferin Street and Bathurst Street southern projects.
2. Direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to work with the Mayor’s Office, local Councillors, residents, businesses and transit riders to identify, and report to Executive Committee on interim transit priority measures that can be implemented for FWC26; including consideration of creative options such as rush hour parking prohibitions, time-of-day use, loading zones, HOV lanes, and best practices from other jurisdictions.
My motion below asks staff to work with local councillors, residents, businesses and transit riders to find a path forward to extend RapidTO north along Dufferin and Bathurst. It also asks for creative interim traffic solutions for the FIFA World Cup, such as HOV bus lanes, rush hour needs, loading zones and delivery times for local businesses, pick up and drop-off areas, parking alternatives - whatever it takes to make faster transit service a reality.
The city-wide benefit of RapidTO is clear. With these lanes in place, the TTC estimates thousands of additional daily riders on these arterial roads - that means fewer cars and less traffic. We know the economic cost of congestion is staggering, and that’s why the Toronto Region Board of Trade has expressed support for RapidTO. I am confident we can find a way forward to get Toronto moving.
Recommendations:
1. Direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to work with the Mayor’s Office, local Councillors, residents, businesses and transit riders, to develop implementation plans, with due consideration of local needs, for the remaining RapidTO corridors north of Bloor Street West on Bathurst to Eglinton Ave W and Dufferin to Wilson Station, and report back alongside the evaluation of the RapidTO Dufferin Street and Bathurst Street southern projects.
2. Direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to work with the Mayor’s Office, local Councillors, residents, businesses and transit riders to identify, and report to Executive Committee on interim transit priority measures that can be implemented for FWC26; including consideration of creative options such as rush hour parking prohibitions, time-of-day use, loading zones, HOV lanes, and best practices from other jurisdictions.
chrisw
Active Member
Rip the bandage off rapidly, please - Spacing Toronto
There’s a glaring irony about the city’s messily disintegrating priority bus lane plan, which landed at executive committee yesterday accompanied by a half-hearted compromise. Not only is this scheme branded RapidTO (ah, memories of the John Tory’s reign of error), but it traces all the way back...
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Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
Maybe put more emphasis on RapidTO, bus lanes, and public transit in general if this happens...
Personally, they should include Mexico and Panama in the mix. Maybe even Cuba.
2026 World Cup: FIFA considers moving games from USA to Canada amid immigration policies
See https://africasoccer.com/2026-world-cup-fifa-considering-moving-games-from-usa-to-canada/Personally, they should include Mexico and Panama in the mix. Maybe even Cuba.
generalcanada
Senior Member
no other source is reporting on this.
unsubstantiated at this point
It is kinda crazy were doing all this extra stuff and $500 million for like 6 games
unsubstantiated at this point
It is kinda crazy were doing all this extra stuff and $500 million for like 6 games
TwoWheelPoli
Active Member
I would take this with a grain of salt if I were you. You would need to have a site in Montréal ready to go to accommodate extra FWC26 games in Canada while they probably don't have enough time to do the necessary preparations.
Monarch Butterfly
Superstar
The City of Toronto’s Executive Committee has approved the controversial RapidTO transit lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin streets, and transit advocates are now celebrating the move.
From https://nowtoronto.com/news/heres-a-look-at-torontos-new-waterfront-park-in-the-redeveloped-port-lands-area/
From https://nowtoronto.com/news/heres-a-look-at-torontos-new-waterfront-park-in-the-redeveloped-port-lands-area/
anb
Active Member
I know these people don't even think, but logically the bus lanes going to Eglinton one shot would've split the ridership of the bus lane corridor into 3 separate tram/subway corridors that could handle the excess demand of riders that the World Cup could possibly bring in (Bloor, St Clair, Eglinton). Only stopping at Bloor means that busy stations such as St George and Bloor-Yonge would probably be even more crush load, instead of evenly splitting the crowd with the other option.
generalcanada
Senior Member
I lost the plot. Is southbound Bathurst south of Bloor still off the table?
txlseries4
Active Member
No, it's Bloor to Eglinton that was nixed, both for Bathurst and Dufferin. North to Bloor and south from Bloor is still recommended. Here's the gist of what is going to Council wrt Bathurst, but there is a lot more to it in the item.
(shouldn't this say easterly northbound and westerly southbound...?)
The Mayor had this added to the item at Executive Committee, so north to Eglinton is on the table to at least be explored;
17. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to work with the Mayor’s Office, local Councillors, residents, businesses and transit riders, to develop implementation plans, with due consideration of local needs, for the remaining RapidTO corridors north of Bloor Street West on Bathurst Street to Eglinton Avenue West and Dufferin Street to Wilson Station, and to report back alongside the evaluation of the RapidTO projects.
Councillor Saxe has written that;
"On September 18, I intend to ask the Toronto East York Community Council to approve these kinds of changes on the east side of Bathurst (northbound) north of Bloor. Most importantly, there should be no stopping northbound 2 PM to 7 PM seven days a week, and this change should begin as soon as possible. This motion should be on the TEYCC agenda when it is released September 11, and I hope that you will write in to express your support. For now, the evidence supports continuing to allow parking and loading on the west side (southbound) until 4 PM and after 6 PM."
Her focus will likely be Bathurst between Bloor and Bridgman Ave which is apparently a major slow down spot for the afternoon northbound buses.
generalcanada
Senior Member
oh daum thats cool, i thought south of bloor was the part that was nixed by staff
goodcitywhenfinished
Active Member
International sporting events are like the only thing that gets transit built or improved proactively in North America. Incredibly strange phenomenon, but I will take it.
In fact, I would support a Toronto Olympic bid entirely on the premise that it would stir improvements to transit.
Jonny5
Senior Member
Yes, but often the transit that gets built for international events is stupid.
"We'll spend $1 billion to build an express monorail from Long Branch Station to the temporary badminton and fencing venue to be built at the redeveloped Cloverdale Mall site!"
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