I'm Walking Here - Clarifying No Exit Signage for Pedestrians - by Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford

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The decision

2021-04-07 · Toronto City Council · amended

As filed

City Council on April 7 and 8, 2021, adopted the following: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to implement changes to clarify No-Exit signage where pedestrian access is still permitted and to begin installation of the new signs in 2021.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

There has been talk recently of a number of instances in our City where No Exit signs give the impression that pedestrians need to find an alternate route, only to later find out that pedestrians can indeed get through. A crowd-sourced map has generated over 350 locations all across the City where No Exit signs exist but pedestrian access is still possible. Many of these locations are neighbourhood 'secrets' - known only to residents who walk there every day, but hidden to anyone who is not as intimately familiar to the area.

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Finding a simple solution will make our City more pedestrian friendly, accessible, and welcoming.

Staff recommended

Councillor Paula Fletcher, seconded by Councillor Brad Bradford, recommends that: 1. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the July 5, 2021 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on implementing changes to clarify No-Exit signage where pedestrian or cyclist access is still permitted and to include as a part of that report at least 10 potential locations for this signage.

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