Harbord Street and Hoskin Avenue Upgrades

Starting in 2024, state-of-good-repair watermain replacement and road resurfacing are scheduled on Harbord Street and Hoskin Avenue. The project includes safety improvements including new or improved pedestrian crossings, cycle tracks, green infrastructure planters and motor vehicle operations adjustments between Ossington Avenue and Queen’s Park Crescent West. This state-of-good-repair work fulfills the City’s commitment to the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan and make upgrades to improve road safety and accessibility, especially at transit stops and intersections, and reduce risks to people cycling, such as ‘dooring’.

August 2024

Beginning in October 2024, the City will replace the watermain, sanitary sewer and the City-owned portion of substandard water services on segments of Harbord Street, Hoskin Avenue and Huron Street. The bikeways on Harbord Street and Hoskin Avenue will be upgraded along with associated road safety and accessibility improvements. This work is anticipated to be complete in October 2025.

Please see the Construction Notice for more details.

Map of cycling upgrades on Harbord Street and Hoskin Avenue

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Changes to Harbord Street and Hoskin Avenue include:

  • Reconfiguring the location of the parking lane between the motor vehicle lane and cycle track to enhance cycling safety.
  • Installation of poured-in-place curbs between the motor vehicle lanes and cycle tracks in both eastbound and westbound directions.
  • Construction of raised bike/bus platforms at TTC bus stops
    • Integrated bike/bus platforms are used where on-street bikeways interact with bus stops to prevent buses from entering the bikeway. The bikeways are ramped up to sidewalk level and a platform is built for pedestrians to cross the bikeway and board the bus.
  • Curb radii reductions throughout the project area, where feasible, to tighten the intersection corners and slow down turning motorists and improve pedestrian and cycling safety.
  • Addition of green infrastructure and plantings, where feasible.
  • Installation of bicycle signals and turn boxes at Ossington Avenue and St. George Street.

The Harbord Street and Hoskin Avenue corridor is a two-way minor arterial roadway that runs between Ossington Avenue and Queens Park Crescent. The corridor is approximately 2.5 km long, and has volumes at approximately 20,000 vehicles per day. People cycling comprise about 40% of the total vehicular traffic during peak periods. The bicycle lanes were first built along a portion of this corridor in 1997, and have since been updated in several iterations. Most recently, in 2020-2021, curbs were placed where there was sufficient space.

A curbside parking lane has been maintained on one side of the street for the majority of the corridor. Typically, the preference is to have the cycle track curbside and parking protected. In the current configuration, there is more opportunity for conflicts between people driving and cycling, and it limits the ability to place physical protection between the cycle tracks and motor vehicle travel lanes.

To inform the design process, Transportation Services received feedback from the Harbord Village Resident Association, Palmerston Area Resident Association and the Harbord Street Business Improvement Association and attended meetings with the University of Toronto.

The Harbord Street and Hoskin Avenue Upgrades project was authorized by City Council on February 6, 2024 (Item IE10.2).