Bus Passenger Shelter Installations
Progress Avenue between Milner Avenue and Sheppard Avenue
(Aspen Ridge Homes Subdivision)
Ward 18 - Scarborough Malvern
The Scarborough Community Council recommends the adoption of the following report
(September 30, 1998) from the Director of Transportation Services, District 4:
Purpose:
To provide for the installation of two bus passenger shelters on the west side of Progress
Avenue between Milner Avenue and Sheppard Avenue.
Funding Sources, Financial Implications and Impact Statement:
The costs associated with the installation of two bus passenger shelters have been provided in
the subdivision agreement of Aspen Ridge Homes (Markham Gardens) Inc. for the
development of lands on Progress Avenue between Milner Avenue and Sheppard Avenue.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that two new bus passenger shelters be installed on the south-west corner
of Sheppard Avenue and Progress Avenue, and on the northwest corner of Milner Avenue and
Progress Avenue.
Council Reference/Background/History:
Transportation Services received a request from the Markham Gardens Management Office,
on behalf of the Markham Gardens Townhouse Corporation, for a bus passenger shelter on the
northwest corner of Progress Avenue and Milner Avenue. Staff have also recognized the need
for a bus passenger shelter on the southwest corner of Progress Avenue and Sheppard Avenue
opposite the Scarborough Community Complex, 5138 Sheppard Avenue.
Comments and/or Discussion and/or Justification:
Many of the residents of Markham Gardens, located on the northwest corner of Progress
Avenue and Milner Avenue, are transit users; therefore, a bus passenger shelter would
facilitate their complex, as well as the adjoining residential and business communities.
In addition to this location, staff have recognized the need for a bus passenger shelter on the
west side of Progress Avenue south of Sheppard Avenue, opposite the new Scarborough
Community Complex. A bus shelter at this location will serve the Community Centre, the
residential community now under construction, and TTC patrons transferring from the
Sheppard Avenue bus route to go to the Scarborough Town Centre. Although boarding counts
are not yet available for this section of roadway, it is assumed that in the near future
on-passenger usage will exceed the minimum required warrants of 50 persons boarding per
day.
Conclusions:
Although ridership counts have not been established for these locations, based on the potential
usage, a bus passenger shelters is recommended for the northwest corner of Progress Avenue
and Milner Avenue; and the southwest corner of Progress Avenue and Sheppard Avenue. We
should again mention that money for these shelters are provided for in the subdivision
agreement of Aspen Ridge Homes Inc.
Contact Name:
Bruce Clayton
Supervisor, Traffic Investigations, Works and Emergency Services
Telephone: 396-7844
Fax: 396-5681
E-mail: clayton@city.scarborough.on.ca
