The Public GalleryToronto

←Infrastructure and Environment Committee · 2020-09-17 · 2020.IE15.11

The filed record

Request to get Bike Lanes in Midtown along Yonge Street

The Public Gallery wrote no story on this item. What follows is the city’s own record of what happened to it, as filed: nothing on this page is summarised or scored by us.

The decision

2020-10-27 · Toronto City Council · amended

As filed

City Council on October 27, 28 and 30, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to consider and explore including, as part of either the 2021 update to the cycling network plan, the COVID-19 pandemic cycling network expansion response plan or potentially as part of the YongeTOmorrow process, a temporary protected bikeway along Yonge Street or parallel routes from

Show the rest of As filed, 396 more characters as filed

Bloor Street to north of Lawrence Avenue in conjunction with on-street patios, road safety and traffic-calming measures, and other streetscape improvements identified through consultation with local businesses and community groups, following the complete streets approach applied to Danforth Avenue, with implementation by the second quarter of 2021, and iteration and evaluation throughout 2021.

The vote

Adopt Item as Amended · Carried, 19-3

For (19)Ana Bailão, Anthony Perruzza, Brad Bradford, Cynthia Lai, Frances Nunziata, Gary Crawford, Gord Perks, James Pasternak, Jennifer McKelvie, John Filion, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Mark Grimes, Michael Thompson, Mike Colle, Mike Layton, Paul Ainslie, Paula Fletcher, Shelley Carroll
Against (3)Denzil Minnan-Wong, Michael Ford, Stephen Holyday
Absent (3)Jaye Robinson, Joe Cressy, John Tory
The whole record, all 25 members

Every name opens that member’s record.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

The ActiveTO initiative has played a vital role in Toronto's recovery and rebuild process, providing city residents of all ages and abilities with new, temporary and permanent, bikeways, which allow them to enjoy fresh air, obtain healthy exercise, and safely get around the city. The benefit of these cycling facilities must now be expanded to reach other parts of the city. "Our streets are going to look different in many

Show the rest of As the city filed it, 962 more characters as filed

places in the post-COVID world...we will need more bike infrastructure," said Mayor John Tory when launching the ActiveTO initiative, which is "going to mean more business for shop owners, it's going to mean that we're going to take some of the pressure off our transit system and protect the health of the city." Building a resilient city not only means providing clean and safe transportation alternatives during the current pandemic but achieving existing city policies, including the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan, the Cycling Network Plan, TransformTO's climate mitigation plan through the reduction of short trips travelled by car, as well as the City's equity and public health initiatives. Given the aforementioned policy goals, the need to accommodate active transportation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the strong local community support, it is crucial that we prioritize a temporary bikeway along Yonge Street in Midtown, aligned with TTC's Line 1.

Staff recommended

Councillor Colle recommends that: 1. The Infrastructure and Environment Committee request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to include, as part of either the 2021 update to the cycling network plan or COVID-19 pandemic cycling network expansion response plan, a temporary protected bikeway along Yonge Street from south of St. Clair Avenue to north of Lawrence Avenue in conjunction with on-street patios, road

Show the rest of Staff recommended, 312 more characters as filed

safety and traffic-calming measures, and other streetscape improvements identified through consultation with local businesses and community groups, following the complete streets approach applied to Danforth Avenue, with implementation by the second quarter of 2021, and iteration and evaluation throughout 2021.

Considered

  • 2020-09-17 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · amended

    Decision as filed

    The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to consider and explore including, as part of either the 2021 update to the cycling network plan, the COVID-19 pandemic cycling network expansion response plan or potentially as part of the YongeTOmorrow process, a temporary protected bikeway along Yonge Street from south of St. Clair Avenue

    Show the rest of Decision as filed, 383 more characters as filed

    to north of Lawrence Avenue in conjunction with on-street patios, road safety and traffic-calming measures, and other streetscape improvements identified through consultation with local businesses and community groups, following the complete streets approach applied to Danforth Avenue, with implementation by the second quarter of 2021, and iteration and evaluation throughout 2021.

  • 2020-09-30 · Toronto City Council · deferred

    Decision as filed

    City Council on September 30, October 1 and 2, 2020 deferred consideration of Item IE15.11 to the October 27 and 28, 2020 meeting of City Council.

  • 2020-10-27 · Toronto City Council · amended

On the record

The item as the City filed it

More from this meeting

The whole meeting