The filed record
MM39.50 Safer Subways: Making Public Safety a Priority and Restoring Confidence to Toronto Transit Commission Riders Across Toronto
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The decision
2026-06-03 · Toronto Transit Commission Board · amended
As filed
The TTC Board: 1. Directed the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, in partnership with the City Manager, to develop a costed plan, including funding where possible, covering the first 10 years of implementation of platform edge doors (including a multi-station pilot, Line 1 high-priority stations and the Bloor-Yonge Capacity Improvements project), and report back to City Council as part of the 2027 budget process.
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2. Directed the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission to publish updated cleanliness standards for all subway stations and publicly report on station-level performance, no later than the first quarter in 2027. 3. Directed the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission to report on a single network-wide lighting standard for vehicles, entrances, stairways, concourses, and platforms, including clear maintenance response standards. 4. Directed the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, in consultation with the local City Councillors, Toronto Police Service, local Business Improvement Areas and residents associations, to undertake safety design audits of all subway stations that evaluate the physical environment, including lighting conditions, from the perspective of both crime prevention and public perceptions of safety, and report back to the TTC Board no later than the third quarter in 2027. 5. Referred Recommendation 5 to the CEO, Toronto Transit Commission and General Counsel, Toronto Transit Commission, in consultation with the City Manager and City Solicitor, for analysis of the legality, Charter-compliance, feasibility, and mechanisms for enforcing a ban of riders from the transit system and report back with a framework for what would trigger such a ban, how that ban would be decided, what would be the recourse for challenging the ban, and what would be required to enforce the ban.
On the agenda
As the city filed it
At its meeting on March 25 and 26, 2026, City Council considered item MM39.50 and made a recommendation to the TTC Board
Staff recommended
City Council request the Toronto Transit Commission Board to: 1. Direct the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, in partnership with the City Manager, to develop a funded plan covering the first 10 years of implementation of platform edge doors (including a multi-station pilot, Line 1 high-priority stations and the Bloor-Yonge Capacity Improvements project), and report back to City Council as part of the 2027 budget process.
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2. Direct the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission to publish updated cleanliness standards for all subway stations and publicly report on station-level performance, no later than the first quarter in 2027. 3. Direct the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission to report on a single network-wide lighting standard for vehicles, entrances, stairways, concourses, and platforms, including clear maintenance response standards. 4. Direct the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, in consultation with the local City Councillors, Toronto Police Service, local Business Improvement Areas and residents associations, to undertake safety design audits of all subway stations that evaluate the physical environment, including lighting conditions, from the perspective of both crime prevention and public perceptions of safety, and report back to City Council no later than the third quarter in 2027. 5. Direct the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, in consultation with the City Manager and the City Solicitor, to review the implications of implementing a one-year ban on any riders that harass or assault Toronto Transit Commission drivers and other staff members, and report back no later than the first quarter in 2027.
On the record
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