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Elyse Parker, Director of Policy & Innovation, City of Toronto NACTO, LA, 2018

Strategies for Maintaining & Renewing Innovative Street Projects

OUR ASSETS

5,600 km of streets

1,200 km of bike lanes, trails and routes

970 bridges and culverts

2,360 traffic signals

500 pedestrian crossovers

1 million signs

37,500 pieces of street furniture including post and bicycle parking elements

8,000 km of sidewalk

$12B in Assets $20B Replacement Cost $372M Capital Budget $409.2M Operating Budget

OUR SERVICES & FOCUS AREAS

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IMPROVE SAFETY PROMOTE MOBILITY CREATE LIVEABLE STREETS

CONTINUAL OPERATIONS

IMPROVEMENTS

DELIVER QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE

Vision Zero Road Safety Plan

Traffic Signals, Signs & Pavement

Markings

Red Light Camera Operations

Pedestrian Projects

Neighbourhood Improvements

Street Furniture

Graffiti Management

Complete Streets

Cycling Infrastructure &

Programs

Operational Planning & Policy

Development

Infrastructure Planning,

Management & Programming

Traffic Operations & Safety Studies

Permitting for On-Street Parking, Construction &

Events

Snow Clearing, Road Salting, Sidewalk

Maintenance & Street Cleaning

Traffic Planning & ROW Management

• In 2017, we: • received 214,253 requests to repair potholes • received 37,407 parking permit requests • received an additional 124,520 trackable requests related to transportation such as:

• 37,813 related to roadway repairs • 16,033 related to traffic signals • 14,585 related to signs and markings • 8,791 requests related to cleaning the roadway • 4,784 requests related to winter maintenance operations

EXPECATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC

COORDINATED STREET FURNITURE PROGRAM – Public/Private Partnership

• 20 years, 2007-2027

• ~21,000 new pieces of street furniture

• $445.5 million in direct revenue

• $294 in ongoing maintenance

Info Pillar (Non-Ad) Public Washroom

Litter Bin (New) Info Pillar (Ad.) Transit Shelter

Bench Kiosk Posting Column

Litter Bin (Original)

MAINTENANCE Open Doors Panels and Parts General Appearance

MAINTENANCE DONE RIGHT

ORPHAN SPACES PROGRAM

Shaughnessy Blvd. Centre Median (Contracted)

Hillsboro Ave. Centre Medians (Contracted)

Yonge Blvd. Centre Median (Contracted)

Four Oaks Gate Traffic Island (Parks) Adelaide St. E & Parliament St. SWC Planter (Parks)

The Orphan Spaces program provides horticultural maintenance for green spaces within the right-of-way, which do not fall under the Streets By-Law. Beautiful Streets maintains the database of locations, reviews service levels and forecasts budgets. The maintenance is divided into two streams: PF&R maintained sites • Transportation funds one crew in each district to maintain greater part of the Orphan

Spaces horticultural sites Private Contractor maintained sites • The contractor maintains the horticultural centre medians, TTC ROW sites, and sites that

require more complex OTM Book 7 traffic control Funding $1.2 m for PF&R locations, city-wide $250,000.00 for contracted locations, city-wide Locations 150 Sites maintained by PF&R 29 Sites maintained by the private contractor Area (2016) 35,458 m2 (Parks) 11,324 m2 (Contracted) _________________________________________ Total of 46,782 m2 of greenspace being maintained at 179 locations

MAINTAINED BY CITY CREWS

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KING STREET TRANSIT PILOT – HOW IT WORKS

No through traffic

No left turn

Right turns on and off of King St

Streetcar stops moved far side

Dedicated taxi spaces

Passenger Pick-up/Drop-Off & Loading and Deliveries

Accessible loading

New public spaces

Cyclists allowed to travel straight through intersections

• All on-street parking spaces removed • No Stopping implemented in Public Realm Spaces – road closed in sections of curb lane for

public art installations, outdoor cafés, etc. • No Standing used for loading zones • A report was taken to Council to approve the concept and receive delegated authority for a period

to monitor and make further changes as necessary

CHANGES TO CITY BY-LAWS

• The King Street Transit Pilot was developed by the City of Toronto (Transportation Services and City Planning Divisions) and the Toronto Transit Commission (the transit operator) and implemented by Transportation Services and the Toronto Transit Commission

• Extensive consultation through public and stakeholder meetings, which included Business Improvement Areas, residents’ associations and advocacy groups, key businesses, and general mailings, as well as the project website at www.toronto.ca/kingstreetpilot

• The Toronto Parking Authority and Toronto Police Service also played key roles in supporting the project

RELYING ON PARTNERS

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Wrapped Barrier

Tactile Mat

Ramp

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Future Public Spaces

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Heating ground for November Install

IMPLEMENTATION

Signs

Jersey Barriers

Tactile Mats

Ramps

Planters

Chairs

Installations

Installation of over 700 signs

1 at each of the new far-sided transit stops

Delineating the edge of each transit stop.

Providing access from the sidewalk to the curb lane, required pre-assembly at yard

Delineate transit stops and public spaces, required weights and crates for plantings

100 chairs pre-assembled at yard, multi-day deliver, required locks

Construction observation, 10 temporary installations, 2 durable parklets

IMPLEMENTATION

Bike Share Bike Corrals Plants Bollards

Transit Murals

Cafes

Coordinated delivery and install

Coordinated install

Construction observations

MAINTENANCE

Litter

Jersey Barriers

Tactile Mats

Ramps

Planters

Chairs

Installations

Daily litter pickup for entire corridor, additional crew visits for public installations

Repositioning requires paid duty officer and crew with lift

Half the mats needed to be reinstalled, 1 week, 1 crew

Occasional repairs to wood sections

Weekly adjustments

Weekly adjustments

Weekly monitoring, responding to occasional vandalism

Plants Weekly watering, replacement of dead plants

Photo by Yasmin Al-Samarrai

WOGGLE JUNGLE VANDALISM Temporary Installation

• Total project implementation cost was $1.5 million Canadian ($1.2 million US) • Includes 50% federal funding contribution for eligible public transit projects

• A consultant team developed the conceptual design • Detailed design work and implementation was carried out with existing City and TTC staff

resources • The implementation phase went from April to November 2017, with various design adjustments

and additional work following the project launch. • Construction of most visible elements (concrete barriers, ramps at streetcar stops, etc.) occurred

over a three-day period (launch weekend) • Maintenance procedures have been modified in the repurposed curb lane spaces (for example,

with a combination of manual and automated snow removal)

FUNDING AND DELIVERY

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THANK YOU