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The City of Toronto's Transportation Strategy The City of Toronto’s Transportation Strategy July 2007 Presentation Outline • Transportation Statistics • Transportation Building Blocks • Toronto’s Official Plan • Transportation and City Building Vision • Projects and Studies • Ongoing and Future City/TTC Studies • Union Station Revitalization • GO Transit • Pedestrian Planning • TTC Union Subway Station • Other Transportation Priorities • Pedestrian • Cycling • Choices for the Environment • Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) • Delivering Toronto’s Transportation Vision • Toronto Transit Commission Initiatives • Ridership Growth Strategy Program • Fully Accessible TTC Services • Toronto Transit City Light Rail Plan Transportation Statistics City of Toronto Boundary (a.m. peak – 6:30 – 9:30 a.m.) • Inbound Vehicles 350,000 300,000 • Inbound and outbound vehicle 250,000 200,000 flows across the cordon have 150,000 Number of Vehicles of Number 100,000 continued to grow and reached 50,000 0 peak levels in 2004. 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1998 2001 2004 2006 Inbound Outbound • Inbound Persons 450,000 1,400,000 400,000 • Inbound person trips have 1,200,000 350,000 continued to increase 300,000 1,000,000 t 250,000 800,000 200,000 steadily and peaked in TripsPerson 600,000 150,000 Total Employmen 400,000 2006. Between 2004 and 100,000 200,000 2006, inbound travel 50,000 0 0 increased from 370,400 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1998 2001 2004 2006 Inbound Outbound Total Employment trips to 386,400 trips (+4%). Transportation Statistics Central Area Cordon (a.m. peak – 7:00 – 10:00 a.m.) • Inbound Vehicles 120,000 100,000 • no significant differences noted 80,000 since start of Cordon Count 60,000 Program Vehicles Inbound 40,000 • indicative of road system at 20,000 0 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1998 2001 2004 2006 capacity Year INBOUND OUTBOUND • Inbound Persons 350,000 450,000 400,000 300,000 • The number of inbound person 350,000 250,000 trips peaked in 2006 300,000 200,000 250,000 150,000 200,000 • Between 1985 and 2006, inbound 150,000 100,000 Person Trips (All Modes) 100,000 Total Central Area Employment trips increased by 10% from 50,000 50,000 300,550 persons in 1985 to 0 0 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1998 2001 2004 2006 331,600 persons in 2006. Between Inbound Outbound Total Employment 2004 and 2006, inbound person trips increased by 5%. Transportation Statistics Central Area Cordon (a.m. peak – 7:00 – 10:00 a.m.) 180,000 • Toronto Transit Commission 160,000 140,000 120,000 • ridership has fluctuated 100,000 80,000 Person Trips with economic conditions 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1998 2001 2004 2006 Year • GO Transit • most of the growth in trips 70,000 60,000 accommodated by GO rail 50,000 40,000 30,000 Person Trips Person 20,000 10,000 0 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1998 2001 2004 2006 Year Transportation Building Blocks Toronto’s Official Plan Regional connections Toronto cannot plan in isolation or expect to stand alone in dealing with the effects of urban growth. Toronto’s Official Plan Supportive land use planning - transportation and land use Direct growth to the centres, downtown and avenues to concentrate people and jobs in areas well served by transit. Parking standards are being lowered. Toronto’s Official Plan Transportation infrastructure – roads Protect existing and planned network of major roads through designated public right-of-ways shown on map 3 and schedule 2. Toronto’s Official Plan Transportation infrastructure - rapid transit Protect existing and planned rapid transit networks (busways, streetcar/LRT and subways) shown on map 4. Implement new lines over the LONGER TERM as needs identified, EA studies completed and funding becomes available. Toronto’s Official Plan Transportation infrastructure- surface transit priority Make more efficient use of transportation network by giving greater priority to buses and streetcars (signal priority, restrict on- street parking and exclusive transit lanes) as shown on map 5. Transportation and City Building Vision Kingston Road Transportation and City Building Vision Ongoing and Future City/TTC Transit Studies Union Station Revitalization •Revitalization initiative is an ongoing priority: •Union Station Master Plan (December 2004) •Union Station District Plan (May 2006) •Union Station Pedestrian Planning •VIA Rail – ‘Renaissance of Rail Travel’ •Pearson Air-Link Group - Full EA underway •Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Transportation Statistics – GO Transit Ridership GO Transit Annual Ridership (1976 - 2005) 50 40 30 20 10 0 Year Union Station - Major Transit Initiatives • GO Transit • Union Station Rail Corridor Infrastructure Improvement Plan • estimated project cost- $600 million • targeted for completion in 2014 • Toronto Transit Commission • Union Subway - Second Platform Project • estimated project cost - $90 million • targeted for completion in 2012 Transportation Context GO Rail Ridership to Union Station (All Trips - a.m. peak period) TO Number of Trips to Downtown Number of Trips to Downtown Toronto Toronto FROM - All modes - GO Transit Rail % Toronto 237,987 7,057 3.0% Durham 16,776 9,888 58.9% York 33,845 7,928 23.4% Peel 36,313 16,448 45.3% Halton 15,578 10,258 65.8% Hamilton 3,236 1,885 58.3% Total 343,735 53,464 15.6% Source: 2001 Transportation Tomorrow Survey GO Transit - Rail Infrastructure Program (GO TRIP) GO Transit - Union Station Program ElementsGO Transit’s Rail Improvement Program (GO TRIP) RailRail Plant/SignalsPlant/Signals ImprovedImproved AccessAccess toto TrainTrain ShedShed PlatformsPlatforms RoofRoof 6/7,6/7, 5/6,5/6, 4/54/5 BayBay EastEast TeamwayTeamway PlatformPlatform 13/1413/14 DoubleDouble PlatformsPlatforms TracksTracks 5/6/75/6/7 RailRail Plant/SignalsPlant/Signals TrainTrain StorageStorage Pedestrian Planning Modeling and Simulation – GO East Concourse Pedestrian Planning Modeling and Simulation– Future East Concourse Toronto Transit Commission Union Station Subway Second Platform Project • to double capacity at Union • expand and reconfigure concourse area • $90 million project (funded by TWRC) • targeted for completion in 2012 • construction underway • will include complete removal and re-construction of Front Street Other Transportation Priorities - Pedestrian • The Toronto Pedestrian Charter • sets out six principles necessary to ensure that walking is a safe and convenient mode of urban travel: • accessibility • equity • health and well-being • environmental sustainability • personal and community safety • community cohesion and vitality Other Transportation Priorities - Bicycles • The Toronto Bike Plan • Vision for cycling in Toronto • towards a more bicycle friendly city • Sets out integrated principles, objectives and recommendations regarding: • safety • education • promotional programs • cycling related infrastructure Choices for the Environment – TDM Initiatives Choices for the Environment – Change is in the Air • Setting Toronto’s Action Plan • Toronto’s reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions, from the 1990 levels of approximately 22 million tonnes per year for the Toronto urban area, are: • 6% by 2012 (The “Kyoto Target”) • 30% by 2020 • 80% by 2050 • The plan will help to build a sustainable transportation system • unanimously approved by Council on July 16, 2007 Smart Commute Initiative • Smart Commute gets results. In less than three years, we have achieved the following: • More than 17,400 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were avoided • Over 100 tonnes of air pollution were prevented • 75.7 million kilometres of car travel were eliminated • Nearly 1.3 million single occupant vehicle (SOV) trips were not taken • Almost 10,000 cars removed from local roads and highways on workdays Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) • City of Toronto ITS Group formed Delivering Toronto’s Transportation Vision What is Needed ? • New Approval Process • Political Will • Public Mind Shift • Money - Long Term Sustainable Funding / Annual Budget Toronto’s Transit Options Current TTC Initiatives • Ridership Growth Strategy (RGS) Program • Fully Accessible TTC Services • Toronto Transit City Light Rail Plan Making Cost-Effective Transit Investment Decisions • Systematically compare a wide range of investment options • Fares, service, capital construction projects • Business-based Return on Investment (ROI) approach • Strong “Pro-transit” Official Plan in Toronto Why People Choose Transit • Travellers on any mode want • speed, reliability • comfort, convenience and • low cost • In direct competition with the automobile • many TTC passengers have access to a car • must be realistic about where transit can be competitive Less Crowding – More Frequent Service • RGS policy changes to reduce crowding • more frequent service • Off-peak improvements on 45 routes in 2004/2005 • 47 million passenger trips benefit • Peak service improvements on 65 routes in 2007 • 76 million passenger trips benefit Other RGS Initiatives • fare incentives (freeze Metropass, transferable pass, weekly pass) • 2005/2006 • surface rapid transit rights-of-way • St Clair under construction, York University busway 2008 • Waterfront EAs – East Bayfront, West Don, Waterfront West • expand capacity of the Scarborough RT • Approved for 2008 – 2012 • restore, improve off-peak services • proposed for 2008 -2009 Accessible Transit Service • accessible conventional services benefit everyone • long history of accessibility • 1973 pilot of door-to-door service • Since 1989 Choices for the Future – continuous program of making conventional services accessible • permanent
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