March 18, 1999
TO:The Urban Environment and Development Committee
FROM:General Manager, Transportation Services
SUBJECT:Turn Prohibitions
Spadina LRT
Downtown:Councillors Olivia Chow and Kyle Rae
Purpose:
To introduce full-time turn prohibitions at the mid-block intersections where additional bollards are being recommended on
Spadina Avenue.
Funding Sources:
The funds associated with the changes to the turn prohibitions, estimated at $3,000, are contained in the Transportation
Services Division 1999 Current Estimates.
Recommendations:
It is recommended that:
(1)contingent on approval of the recommendations from the Toronto Transit Commission to extend the installation of the
barriers on Spadina Avenue across all of the remaining mid-block intersections, except Baldwin Street, the existing turn
prohibitions, effective between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and 4:00p.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday to Friday and
11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, at the intersections of Spadina Avenue and Clarence Square (north leg),
Camden Street, Bulwer Street, Phoebe Street, Grange Avenue, Willison Square, Cecil Street, and Oxford Street, be
extended to be in effect at all times; and
(2)the appropriate by-laws(s) be amended accordingly.
Discussion:
Committee currently has before them a report from the Toronto Transit Commission which recommends that the
installation of bollards on Spadina Avenue be extended across the remaining mid-block intersections. Staff of
Transportation Services have been involved in the development of the Toronto Transit Commission recommendations.
Closing the existing breaks in the barriers will address the continuing incidence of collisions between turning vehicles and
streetcars.
In order for the Toronto Transit Commission recommendations to be implemented it is necessary to amend the appropriate
by-laws, which currently allow turns at these locations during offpeak periods, to prohibit turns at all times.
Contact Name:
Jacqueline White
Manager, Traffic Operations
Tel. 397-5021
Fax: 392-8504
David C. Kaufman
General Manager
Barry H. Gutteridge
Commissioner
