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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
Dem
and
Cap
acit
y
Def
icie
ncy
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.