City Council to consider replacing two pedestrian refuge islands with traffic signals on Sheppard Avenue East

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City Council to consider replacing two pedestrian refuge islands with traffic signals on Sheppard Avenue East

City Council will vote on a Transportation Services request to replace pedestrian refuge islands with traffic control signals at two locations on Sheppard Avenue East: near Massie Street and approximately 390 metres east of McCowan Road. The proposal aims to improve safety for pedestrians and transit users crossing the busy five-lane roadway to access TTC bus stops. The signal replacements require council approval because the TTC operates transit service on this corridor.

not yet heardToronto City Council · Wed, Jul 29You can weigh in

Also in this item

• Staff assessment concludes pedestrian refuge islands do not provide right-of-way protection and pose safety concerns on a five-lane roadway; replacing them with signalized crossings is intended to improve crossing safety for all users including TTC passengers

The journey

Thu, Jul 9 · Scarborough Community Council · adopted

Wed, Jul 29 · Toronto City Council · not yet heard

→ referred onward

Time to act

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Residents and transit users in the Scarborough area can attend the council meeting or submit written comments before the vote if the meeting agenda allows public deputations.

Why is this story here?

ContainedA genuine decision affecting pedestrian crossing infrastructure at two specific locations on one street. Hard to reverse once implemented (traffic signal infrastructure is capital cost), but bounded to two sites on Sheppard Avenue. Does not constrain future council options or change institutional capacity.Touches a narrow groupPresent effect is indirect and geographically bounded. Pedestrians and transit riders at these two specific crossing points would experience the change, but the total number affected is small relative to city population. No resident's ordinary week is materially different until they happen to cross at these exact locations.

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Official title: Sheppard Avenue East at Massie Street and at a Point 390 Metres East of McCowan Road - Traffic Control Signals · meeting video