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RapidTO: Master Thread
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evandyk
Senior Member
We did get the UP Express, and not much else, out of the Pan Am games.
APTA-2048
Senior Member
We also had a pretty great network of bus-only lanes on the highway that went away after the games.
ownthesky
Active Member
Saw this today and thought it perfectly exemplifies just how inefficient street parking is for both public and private utility. You'd be far better off parking a flatbed in a parking spot with a restaurant's worth of tables and chairs vs renting out asphalt rectangles so that a cannabis store can sell a few bucks worth of pre-rolls or a convenience store can sell a pack of smokes and a chip bag!
christiesplits
Senior Member
Northern Light
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Cllr Bradford made motion to limit the implementation period to May to August next year only with immediate rescindment thereafter. It lost.
Funnily enough he voted for this motion by Matlow......(before voting against the entire thing as amended. ..... LOL
txlseries4
Active Member
Relevant to the section of Bathurst St. north of Bloor. Approved at Toronto East York Community Council today:
1. City Council prohibit stopping on the east side of Bathurst Street between Eglinton Avenue West and Bathurst Station North Exit from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday to Friday and from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday to Sunday, except public holidays.
2. City Council prohibit northbound left-turns, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday, except public holidays (Toronto Transit Commission vehicles excepted), at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Davenport Road.
3. City Council prohibit southbound left-turns, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday, except public holidays (Toronto Transit Commission vehicles excepted), at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Dupont Street.
4. City Council rescind the existing northbound left-turn restriction, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday to Friday, at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Dupont Street.
5. City Council enact the following amendments to traffic and parking regulations associated with Recommendations 1-4 and as generally described in Attachment 1 - Amendments to Traffic and Parking Regulations to the report (September 2, 2025) from the Director, Planning, Design and Management, Transportation Services.
Motions
1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Dianne Saxe (Final)
That:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, to monitor the impacts of No Stopping restrictions on the east side of Bathurst and No Left-Turn restrictions, and report back to Toronto East York Community Council in November 2026 on the transit speed and reliability improvements delivered from these measures, with an interim report in July 2026.
Parking staff indicated that paid parking usage between Bloor and Dupont is only 18% on the east side and 37% on the west side, so the parking restrictions would only result in a loss of $38 per day ($14k over a year).
Some business owners, like Summerhill Market's Brad McMullen and Minerva Cannibis' Paul Macchiusi, who both spearheaded the "Protect Bathurst" campaign against RapidTO, plus a handful of others resistant to change, gave deputations complaining about the proposed changes from the already watered down plan that the campaign resulted in. Councillor Saxe was vocal that she would find a compromise and find a different strategy for the portion north of Bloor St. Echos of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie...
1. City Council prohibit stopping on the east side of Bathurst Street between Eglinton Avenue West and Bathurst Station North Exit from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Monday to Friday and from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Saturday to Sunday, except public holidays.
2. City Council prohibit northbound left-turns, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday, except public holidays (Toronto Transit Commission vehicles excepted), at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Davenport Road.
3. City Council prohibit southbound left-turns, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday, except public holidays (Toronto Transit Commission vehicles excepted), at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Dupont Street.
4. City Council rescind the existing northbound left-turn restriction, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., Monday to Friday, at the intersection of Bathurst Street and Dupont Street.
5. City Council enact the following amendments to traffic and parking regulations associated with Recommendations 1-4 and as generally described in Attachment 1 - Amendments to Traffic and Parking Regulations to the report (September 2, 2025) from the Director, Planning, Design and Management, Transportation Services.
Motions
1 - Motion to Amend Item (Additional) moved by Councillor Dianne Saxe (Final)
That:
1. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Transit Commission, to monitor the impacts of No Stopping restrictions on the east side of Bathurst and No Left-Turn restrictions, and report back to Toronto East York Community Council in November 2026 on the transit speed and reliability improvements delivered from these measures, with an interim report in July 2026.
Parking staff indicated that paid parking usage between Bloor and Dupont is only 18% on the east side and 37% on the west side, so the parking restrictions would only result in a loss of $38 per day ($14k over a year).
Some business owners, like Summerhill Market's Brad McMullen and Minerva Cannibis' Paul Macchiusi, who both spearheaded the "Protect Bathurst" campaign against RapidTO, plus a handful of others resistant to change, gave deputations complaining about the proposed changes from the already watered down plan that the campaign resulted in. Councillor Saxe was vocal that she would find a compromise and find a different strategy for the portion north of Bloor St. Echos of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie...
evandyk
Senior Member
I haven't been to Summerhill Market since they came out against the bus lanes.
DirectionNorth
Senior Member
I'm surprised I haven't seen anybody post this yet, but the installation of Dufferin and Bathurst RapidTO lanes is set to begin this month. Expected completion date is end of May next year.
On both streets, the plan is to paint the lanes between Dundas and Springhurst/Lake Shore this year, then resume work northwards to Bloor next year.
Link to the installation poster for Dufferin here and Bathurst here.
On both streets, the plan is to paint the lanes between Dundas and Springhurst/Lake Shore this year, then resume work northwards to Bloor next year.
Link to the installation poster for Dufferin here and Bathurst here.
TwoWheelPoli
Active Member
This is the first time I'm hearing this. Not sure how that flew under the radar.
Northern Light
Superstar
Not yet branded as RapidTO, but I think that's coming..........a few modest tweaks to parking and turn rules to bolster the newly more frequent 505 Dundas Service; in this report, to the next meeting of TEYCC:
The first key bit is that 'No Stopping' in rush hours will go from being uni-directional (inbound in AM, outbound in PM) to both sides of the street, in both AM and PM.
The second is new/extended turning restrictions:
The first key bit is that 'No Stopping' in rush hours will go from being uni-directional (inbound in AM, outbound in PM) to both sides of the street, in both AM and PM.
The second is new/extended turning restrictions:
kotsy
Senior Member
We got some red paint on Dufferin just North of King. There is nothing immediately south of King yet.
RS1
New Member
And already there's a delivery trucked parked on it.
jmi22
Active Member
Dedicated Streetcar Lane Painting Advancing RapidTO on Bathurst | UrbanToronto
With the FIFA World Cup set to arrive in Toronto in less than a year, work to install dedicated transit lanes along Bathurst Street to ensure reliable service during one of the world's largest sporting events has begun. After half a decade of debate and delays over RapidTO, the city-wide plan to...
New frontpage story up on the Bathurst streetcar lane installation, TDLR as of the 17th lanes were in from Lakeshore to Fort York Blvd
EdDrass
Active Member
And neither will their delivery trucks if stopping is prohibited, afaik. Do they have a loading dock? Is there laneway access to the businesses north of Bloor? There is south of Bloor, mostly.
The article in UT Nov 17th goes, "...retailers and residents bemoaned the potential loss of on-street parking." There's quite a bit more going on than that, or the opposition would not have been able to postpone this project.
The balance of benefits to drawbacks for improving transit to Bathurst is quite arguably in favour of thousands of daily Bathurst bus riders getting a faster trip but it doesn't mean the downsides are worth dismissing with a blanket claim such as, "oh those selfish store owners just want to be able to park their cars out front". If you go nuance-free in your activism, don't be surprised if you activate those who can clearly see pros and cons to proposed changes.