Congestion Management Plan - 2025 Update

Services Division in cooperation with Economic Development and Culture Division, to allow Green Market Acceleration Program to expand the definition of "local" to include Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Greater Golden Horseshoe Area and Ontario green industry technology companies, and intake projects funded by Ontario Centre of Innovation for small and medium enterprise businesses outside of Toronto, Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area and Greater Golden Horseshoe Area, to include all Ontario businesses. This would encourage significant Canadian participation in the innovation ecosystem and invite more technology companies to commercialize, have physical presence in Toronto, operate physical space and or directly employ people in the City of Toronto. 3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to negotiate and enter into a contract with pointA for the amount of $400,000.00 net of all taxes and charges ($407,040 net of Harmonized Sales Tax recoveries), for the delivery of Smart Commute Program services in Transportation Management Associations for a one (1) year period from May 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the General Manager, Transportation Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor. 4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to undertake all necessary steps including public consultation for the implementation of an escalating Road Disruption Activity Reporting System fee, and report back to enable the fees to take effect in September 2025. 5. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back on the effectiveness of the Road Disruption Activity Reporting System Fees in the fall Congestion Management Plan report, along with an update on the plans for a Construction Congestion Management Levy. 6. City Council direct the General Manager of Transportation Services, in consultation with the Executive Director of the Housing Secretariat and the Executive Director of Development Review, to report back on the feasibility of and steps required to implement an exemption to the Road Disruption Activity Reporting System fees for development projects containing affordable housing. 7. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services in consultation with the Toronto Transit Commission to develop a strategy for expansion of the City's existing Transit Signal Priority systems to all high ridership corridors and report on this to Infrastructure and Environment Committee as part of the fall Congestion Management Plan update. 8. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to work with the Toronto Transit Commission and the Toronto Police Service to develop a plan to significantly reduce the number of streetcar delays due to improperly parked vehicles, including exploring higher fines, and options for increased enforcement and improved timeframes for towing. 9. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to work with Toronto Police Service- Parking Enforcement Unit, to develop and implement a pilot enforcement blitz targeting drivers who stop in No Stopping Zones during rush hour on key arterial routes, with one blitz completed by the end of June 2025 and a second by the end of September 2025. 10. City Council request the City Manager to establish a position of a congestion lead, or "czar", to focus on creative, cross-divisional solutions to tackling congestion and pre-emptively identifying challenges and recommending solutions to get Toronto moving, and report back to the July 10, 2025, meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with information on the individual selected and their specific responsibilities. 11. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission and Metrolinx, to report to the July 10, 2025, meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the implementation of signal priority along the above-ground section of the Eglinton LRT and opportunities to improve travel times through signal priority optimization for transit riders on Eglinton and on routes intersecting Eglinton Avenue while maintaining pedestrian safety. 12. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in coordination with the Province of Ontario, to install two pilot Zipper Merge road signs, one at the Jameson to Gardiner Expressway Eastbound ramp, and one at the Spadina to Gardiner Expressway westbound ramp, and report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee with observations and updates on the pilot by the end of the third quarter of 2025, including any recommendations on the benefits of a public education campaign. 13. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to City Council with recommended designated select east-west priority connector roads for vehicular traffic, key performance indicators, and an inventory of existing policy linkages, consistent with the recommendation from the Toronto Regional Board of Trade Report - Breaking Gridlock: Congestion Action Plan, by the end of 2025. 14. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to suspend the application of Road Disruption Activity Reporting System fees for street events until such time as the General Manager, Transportation Services reports to the October 29, 2025, meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the feasibility of exempting street events from the Road Disruption Activity Reporting System fees as part of the fall Congestion Management Plan update.