Transportation

Leon Wasser is very interested in transportation issues including the following:

ROAD OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENTS

Review all on-street parking to see if it can be modified to reduce traffic

Upgrade requirements for construction barriers from traffic cones to clarify

Require all non-essential road construction vehicles to park on minor cross streets or in off road locations

Review road signage standard – install large, easy to read cross-street signage

Systematically review all problem intersection

TRANSIT SYSTEM OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
Install air curtains at all station entrances

Install air curtain at open end of subway station

Explore increased retail, vending & advertising opportunities in subway stations

 

PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS

Install sidewalk on south side of Sheppard Avenue West from Dufferin St. to Keele St.

Complete sidewalk on west side of Dufferin St. from Sheppard Ave. to Rimrock Road

PROPOSED COMMUNICATION IMPROVEMENTS

Reorganize City of Toronto Transportation Department to have jurisdiction over TTC, roads, sidewalks, off-road trails, taxis, cycling (paths) Bixi

Consolidate TTC map, Toronto Cycling Map & Parks Map into a single single City of Toronto transportation Map including all roads, transit lines (TTC, GO, regional transit), cycling routes, off-road cycling/pedestrian routes, Bixi stations, municipal parking lots, official taxi stops etc.

Transfer bicycle registration to Ontario licence office.

Publish the location of each accident location by category – single vehicle, multi-vehicle, pedestrian and cycling.
Publish and monitor accident location to assessment risk or re-occurrence

Have a municipal Transportation engineer visit every accident site to assess contributing factors and recommend improvements (signage, road configuration, etc.).

PROPOSED ROAD NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS

Convert Simcoe Street from northbound only two ways south of Front Street
Allow left turns from northbound Allen Road to westbound Transit Road connecting to Wilson Avenue