The City of Toronto will hold three public meetings regarding proposed changes in rush hour traffic restrictions on Queen, Dundas and Carlton/College between Parliament and Roncesvalles.

• Wed. June 17 at 6:30 pm: Mary McCormick Community Centre, 66 Sheridan Avenue
• Thurs. June 25 at 6:00 pm: Scadding Court Community Centre, 707 Dundas Street West
• Mon. June 29 at 6:00 pm: City Hall, Committee Room 2

Work underway by City Transportation Services and the TTC includes:

The project team is currently:

• Analyzing GPS-based data for the streetcar routes along Dundas Street, College/Carlton Streets, and Queen Street West
• Looking at how existing peak-hour restrictions function along the routes
• Finding opportunities to improve streetcar travel times and reliability. For example, where streetcar travel times increase sharply after current restrictions end (e.g. 6pm), the project team is considering extending the peak period by a half-hour or hour on each end to improve the flow of transit, general traffic, and cyclists
• In a few cases, where no clear benefit is observed from an existing extension, peak hours are being reduced

Additional measures to improve transit operations, in various stages of implementation, include:

• Re-timing signals to give more green time to the priority direction
• Active Transit Signal Priority (extended green or shortened red when transit vehicles are detected and meet certain requirements)
• All-door boarding / Proof of Payment (POP)
• Greater enforcement of restrictions

[From the “Overview” tab]

Disclosure: I have acted as a consultant to this project in the analysis of TTC vehicle tracking data.