The filed record
Barton Avenue Traffic Calming
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The decision
2026-01-13 · Toronto and East York Community Council · amended
As filed
The Toronto and East York Community Council: 1. Directed the General Manager, Transportation Services to immediately conduct a traffic count of weekday afternoon rush hour traffic westbound along Barton Avenue between Bathurst Street and Christie Street, and to repeat the count in one year. 2. Directed the General Manager, Transportation Services to prohibit right turns on red from Barton Avenue westbound onto Christie
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Street, and to adjust signal timing at the intersection of Barton Avenue and Christie Street to give priority to traffic and transit on Christie Street.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
Barton Avenue is a narrow east-west residential street in Seaton Village which used to carry primarily local traffic between Bathurst Street and Christie Street. A previous Councillor created a maze on other east-west streets in Seaton Village. This, together with navigation apps such as Waze, has funnelled cut-through traffic onto Barton Avenue. Since 2018, Barton Avenue residents and the Seaton Village Residents Association have debated options for discouraging cut through traffic.
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The time for action has now come, due to population and traffic increases, and the forthcoming RapidTO Bathurst streetcar lane. Extensive local consultation by the SVRA, and by the local councillor, has revealed a local preference for discouraging eastbound cut through traffic by making Barton Avenue one way westbound between Clinton Street and Christie Street.
Staff recommended
Councillor Dianne Saxe recommends that: 1. Toronto and East York Community Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, to make Barton Avenue one way westbound between Clinton Street and Christie Street.
On the record
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