Update on Vision Zero Speed Management Strategy and Related Initiatives

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate, enter into and execute an operational agreement(s) with Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec for the access and use of certified license plate registration information from the Province of Quebec, on terms and conditions generally as set out in the report (January 11, 2022) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate, enter into and execute an operational agreement(s) with the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, for the access and use of license plate registration information from select provinces outside of Ontario, on terms and conditions generally as set out in the report (January 11, 2022) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, and on such other terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services, and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 4. City Council amend Attachment 1 to the report (January 11, 2022) from the General Manager, Transportation Services by: a. adding Avenue Road, between Eglinton Avenue West and Chaplin Crescent, as a Community Safety Zone; b. adding Old Sheppard Avenue, between Muirhead Road and Ladner Drive, and Brian Drive, between Clydesdale and Old Sheppard Avenue, as a Community Safety Zone; c. adding Commissioners Street, from Leslie Street to Bouchette Street, as a Community Safety Zone; and d. adding Leslie Street, from Lake Shore Boulevard East to Unwin Avenue, as a Community Safety Zone. 5. City Council authorize the amendments to existing Community Safety Zones as set out in Attachment 1 to the report (January 11, 2022) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, as amended by Part 4 above. 6. City Council designate as Community Safety Zones the school locations and authorize the amendments as set out in Attachment 2 to the report (January 11, 2022) from the General Manager, Transportation Services. 7. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Director, Court Services, and the City Solicitor, to acquire and implement 25 additional Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras to the Automated Speed Enforcement Program as soon as possible in 2022, in accordance with the City's existing contract relating to Request for Proposal 9148-19-0048 (for the provision of Automated Speed Enforcement services) and to include for consideration as part of the 2023 Budget Process all budget and staff anticipated to be required for those 25 additional Automated Speed Cameras. 8. City Council authorize the City Manager, the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Director, Court Services, the Director, Revenue Services and the City Solicitor, once the enabling regulatory framework is provided by the Province, to take steps to implement an Administrative Penalty System for the Red Light Camera and Automated Speed Enforcement programs, and City Council direct the City Manager, the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Director, Court Services, the Director, Revenue Services and the City Solicitor to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with an update and any necessary recommendations to give effect to the operation of Administrative Penalty System for the Red Light Camera and Automated Speed Enforcement programs. 9. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, as part of the update to the Guiding Principles for Cyclist Safety in Work Zones, to work in consultation with stakeholders to communicate and hear feedback on the proposed changes. 10. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to review the existing criteria for establishing Community Safety Zones and consider including other sensitive community areas such as Senior Safety Zones and locations near parks and community centres and report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee once the Provincial review of the Automated Speed Enforcement Program is completed. 11. City Council direct the General Manager Transportation Services to immediately initiate a process to designate as Community Safety Zones all stretches of roadway currently designated as Seniors Safety Zones. 12. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the second quarter of 2022, on the outcome of the Senior Safety Zone review of Bonis Avenue East and Sheppard Avenue East including how it was initiated, how it was carried out, partnerships that assisted, and criteria to establish these reviews in other neighbourhoods. 13. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to immediately advance work to expand the program further at the earliest possible date, including a Request for Proposal that considers all possible technologies. 14. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to review and assess all arterial roadway segments within the City of Toronto in order to improve safety through the implementation of the Automated Speed Enforcement Program on these streets, and to report back, in consultation with the City Solicitor, on the feasibility of and criteria for designating portions of those arterial roadways as Community Safety Zones, along with an implementation plan, as part of the planned report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee once the enabling regulatory framework for an Administrative Penalty System for the Red Light Camera and Automated Speed Enforcement programs is provided by the Province. 15. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to take the following further actions on the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan: a. investigate contract options for expansion of the permanent and mobile (portable) Watch Your Speed program beyond School Safety Zones; b. investigate strategies to better meet or exceed the annual target of implementation of 80 School Safety Zones each year; c. explore alternative data collection models to reduce the time it takes to obtain data and reduce the delay in conducting traffic studies; and d. expand the roll-out of in-road flexible speed signage posts across the City in 2022. 16. City Council request the Province of Ontario to increase fines and penalties for drivers engaging in aggressive driving and excessive speeding at a scale that is expected to influence driver behaviour. 17. City Council reiterate its request to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to undertake all necessary measures to expand the Automated Speed Enforcement Program further in order to fully realize Vision Zero, including expediting their review of the Automated Speed Enforcement program and permissible locations, and implementation of the Administrative penalty system. 18. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board, to consider as part of its annual budgetary and human resources decision making process, investing additional personnel, technology and other resources into the Toronto Police Service's traffic enforcement capacity in order to address Vision Zero objectives in Toronto.