City of Toronto Official Plan -Formulating Transportation Alternatives

15th International EMME/2 Users’ Group ConferenceOctober 18 - 20, 2000

Vancouver, B.C.

Toronto Characteristics• Grid system of arterial roads and expressways

• Highly integrated transit system (TTC and GO)

Toronto Characteristics

Toronto Characteristics

• Home to 2.45 million people and 1.2 million jobs• Attracts 4.8 million trips daily• 1.3 million pass. carried on TTC and GO daily

• Grid system of arterial roads and expressways• Highly integrated transit system (TTC)• Supplemented by inter-regional transit service

(GO Transit)

Source: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Go Transit, The Globe and Mail

Toronto

Source: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Go Transit, The Globe and Mail

Transportation Vision Document

TRANSPORTATION VISION

Reduced Auto Dependence

Transportation

Vision

Approach to Formulating Transportation Alternatives

• Eliminate capacity deficiencies

• Consideration of past proposals

• Review of current ad hoc proposals

• Transit accessibility analysis

DURHAM REGION

PEEL REGION

YORK REGION

Transportation PlanningUrban Development Services

Inner Cordon

Outer Cordon

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Deficiency Analysis Approach

Past Proposals

Airport Link

Waterfront LRT

Finch Hydro Corridor Busway

Current Ad-Hoc Proposals

Improve Transit Accessibility to “Rapid Transit”

• Connectivity of existing network

• Coverage to penetrate new areas

• Connections with regional services

Employment Accessibility within 30 Minutes by Transit

Population Concentrations with Poor Transit Accessibility to Employment

Transit Travel Time (min)(No. of Zones)

60 to 80 (11)50 to 60 (31)40 to 50 (169)30 to 40 (199)0 to 30 (50)

A.M. Peak Average Transit Trip Times

Population Concentrations with Transit Trip Times > 40 Min.

Affected Population in Areas of Poor Transit

Accessibility

Areas of Poor Transit Accessibility

Transportation Alternatives to Serve Areas of Poor Transit Accessibility

New GO/RT Interchange

Example of Network Formulation

New GO/RT Interchange

NEXT STEPS

•Evaluate each alternative or in combination

•Determine their priority based

•ridership

•modal split

•whether it support urban structure

•etc.