Toronto Transportation Services

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The Toronto Transportation Services is a department of the Toronto municipal government. It is responsible for all public and non-provincially maintained roadways in Toronto.

The department was created from the merger of:

  • Metro Toronto Roads and Works
  • North York Transportation Department
  • Scarborough Works Department
  • Etobicoke Transportation Department
  • City of York Transportation Department
  • East York Transportation Department
  • Toronto Transportation

Transportation Services is divided into 4 service divisions: Toronto & East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke & York. The Transportation Services Division is responsible for:

  • road maintenance (approximately 10,033 different streets and 5,365km of roads)
  • Over 2,000 traffic signals
  • 7,100 km of sidewalks
  • 55 km of bike lanes, 15 km of bike trails, and 30 km of bike routes.
  • 530 bridges
  • 600 pedestrian crossovers
  • over one million signs
  • 4100 bus shelters
  • 5556 kilometres of roads
  • 124 kilometres of expressways
  • 1089 kilometres of main roads
  • 814 kilometres of collector roads
  • 3236 kilometres of local roads
  • 293 kilometres of laneways
  • 9500 streets
  • 7100 kilometres of sidewalks

[edit] Snow Removal

The TTSD is responsible for snow removal on public roads, sidewalks and other public areas:

  • Total kilometres of ploughed sidewalks: 6,000
  • Total number of opened driveways: 262,000

There is a mix of city and contract staff/equipment used for snow removal:

Average snowfall in the city is 130 cm per year with 40 to 50 days of de-icing events per year.

The city uses 10,220 tonnes of salt used in one storm; an average of 146,275 tonnes of salt is used each year (based on a ten-year average). The city's snow removal budget is over $60 million a year (2006 Winter Operations Budget: $62.5 million)

Other duties the Transportation Services is also responsible for a wide variety of activities include:

  • Road and sidewalk maintenance
  • Street cleaning
  • Permits for on-street parking, construction and street events
  • Traffic signs and pavement markings
  • Traffic signals and traffic safety
  • Red light camera operations
  • Construction planning and policies
  • Pedestrian and cycling issues

[edit] Traffic and Road Operations Sections

The Traffic and Road Operations Sections of Transportation Services are responsible for the following municipal matters:

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