Improving safety and speed of streetcar service

Project overview 

Some streetcar stops will be removed or modified to improve customer safety and service quality in terms of travel time.

TTC will be improving the safety and speed of streetcar service by adjusting streetcar stops to ensure they are located at signalized intersections or crosswalks. This initiative will speed service by removing some stops that are unreasonably close together. The recommendations for these improvements were made after consultation with the Advisory Committee on Accessible Transit (ACAT), TTC’s Customer Liaison Panel, and City Councillors, and were approved by the TTC Board at the May 28, 2014 meeting. Please see the staff report for more details.

In support of the streetcar stop relocations, TTC embarked on a program to identify streetcar stops that require a curb cut to support customers with accessibility concerns and to construct curb cuts where needed. By the end of Fall 2018, TTC expects that all scheduled curb cuts will be finished in time for the anticipated deployment of LFLRVs.

On May 13, 2018 TTC completed the following stop changes:

King Street East:

• The eastbound and westbound stops at Trinity Street will be removed given the close proximity to adjacent stops

King Street West:

• The eastbound stops at Fraser Avenue will be relocated to a new stop at Joe Shuster Way

College Street:

• The westbound and eastbound stops at Clinton Street will be removed given the close proximity to adjacent stops

Kingston Road:

• The westbound stop to the west of Woodbine Avenue will be relocated to the east side of Woodbine Avenue
• The westbound stops at Malvern Avenue and Walter Street will be removed and consolidated to a new stop at the signal at Glen Manor Drive

Queen Street West:

• The westbound stop at Simcoe Street will be relocated to the signals at St. Patrick Street
• The eastbound stop to the east side of Sudbury Street will be removed and relocated to the west side of Sudbury Street
• The eastbound stop at Wilson Park Road will be removed and relocated to the pedestrian crossover at Triller Avenue
• The eastbound stop at Dowling Avenue will be removed and relocated to the pedestrian crossover at Beaty Avenue

Dundas Street West:

• The westbound stop at Crawford Street will be relocated to a new stop at Shaw Street

Gerrard Street:

• The westbound stop at Highfield Road will be removed and relocated to the pedestrian crossover at Woodfield Road Dundas Street West:

Queen Street East:

• The eastbound stop at MacLean Avenue will be removed and relocated to the signals at Glen Manor Drive
• The westbound stop at Spruce Hill Road will be removed and relocated to the signals at Beech Avenue
• A new westbound stop will be established at Beech Avenue
• The eastbound stop at Scarborough Beach Boulevard will be removed and relocated to the signal at Glen Manor Drive
• The eastbound and westbound stops at both Lee Avenue and Waverley Road will be removed and consolidated to a new eastbound and westbound stop at Bellefair Avenue, given the close proximity of adjacent stops and availability of crossing protection
• The eastbound stop at Kippendavie Avenue will be removed and relocated to the signal at Elmer Avenue
• The eastbound stops at Connaught Avenue and Woodward Avenue and the westbound stops at Kent Road and Connaught Avenue will be removed and consolidated to a new eastbound and westbound stop at the pedestrian crossover at Woodfield Road
• The eastbound stop at Laing Street will be relocated to the west of the pedestrian crossover at Alton Avenue