You’re Invited: Toronto 2015 Budget Meeting Feb.2 & 3 + TTC 2015-2024 Budget Meeting Feb.2, 2015

TTC 2015-2024 Budget Meeting on Feb.2, 2015

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will hold a special Board meeting on the 2015 TTC Wheel-Trans and Operating budgets and the 2015-2024 TTC Capital budget.

The meeting will take place on Monday, February 2, 9:30 a.m., Toronto City Hall, Committee Room # 2.
The meeting is open to the public.
This meeting will deal with the following items:

2015 TTC and Wheel-Trans Operating Budgets
2015-2024 TTC Capital Budget

This video presents The Toronto 2015 Budget will #getTOmoving.

Toronto Mayor John Tory and TTC Chair Josh Colle recently announced a $95 million investment that will “significantly expand and enhance transit service, reduce wait times and crowding, and make using the TTC more affordable for families by eliminating fares for children 12 years and under.”

To help balance the TTC budget, Mayor Tory asked the City to increase the TTC’s subsidy to nearly $479 million, an increase of more than $38 million from 2014. Effective March 1, as well, a 10-cent proportionate fare increase will apply to all TTC fares except for cash fares, investing an additional $43 million in revenue to pay for new services that will meet an increasing ridership, estimated to be 545 million in 2015.

These new investments will provide the following enhanced services to Toronto commuters:

Restoration of all day, everyday bus service that was cut in 2011.
Ten-minute or better bus and streetcar service on key routes from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. six days a week (9 a.m. on Sundays).
Reduced wait times and crowding at off-peak times.
Reduced wait times and crowding on 21 of the busiest routes during morning and afternoon rush hours.
Proof-of-payment and all-door boarding on all streetcar routes.
Expansion of the Express Bus network, adding four new routes to a network that serves 34 million rides annually.
Expanding the Blue Night Network, adding 12 routes to the 22-route network that serves 4 million rides annually.
Adding up to two additional subway trains on Lines 1 and 2 during morning and afternoon rush hours.
Route management improvements designed to reduce short-turns, bunching and gapping of bus and streetcar routes.
Additional resources to focus on subway reliability around signals, track and communications systems.
50 new buses and a temporary storage facility to allow for the Express Bus network expansion, reduction of wait times and crowding on some peak-period routes, as well as the need for spare buses during maintenance.

Timing of the introduction of additional service, as well as the restoration of service, is being developed by staff. Financial details of the new services will be detailed in the February 2 budget report to the TTC board.

Please click here to read the Agenda and Reports from February 2, 2015.

City of Toronto 2015 Budget Meeting Feb.2 & 3

This video presents 2015 Toronto Budget – The Capital Budget.

Learn more about the City of Toronto’s capital budget.

The City of Toronto’s Budget Committee will hear pubic presentations on the proposed 2015 Operating Budget and the 2015-2024 Capital Budget and Plan at the following times and locations:

City Hall – Committee Room 1, 100 Queen St. W.
February 2
Session 1: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Session 2: 6 p.m. onwards.
Etobicoke Civic Centre – Council Chamber, 399 The West Mall
February 2
Session 1: 3 to 5 p.m.
Session 2: 6 p.m. onwards
Scarborough Civic Centre – Council Chamber, 150 Borough Dr.
February 3
Session 1: 3 to 5 p.m.
Session 2: 6 p.m. onwards
North York Civic Centre – Council Chamber, 5100 Yonge St.
February 3
Session 1: 3 to 5 p.m.
Session 2: 6 p.m. onwards

Those unable to attend have the option of submitting a written presentation. Email: buc@toronto.ca; mail: Attention: Budget Committee, 100 Queen St. W., Toronto City Hall, 10th floor, West Tower, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2; or fax: 416-392-1879, Attention: Budget Committee

More information about the 2015 budget and the budget process is available at toronto.ca/budget2015.

Note: If you write or make a presentation to the Budget Committee, the City will collect and use your personal information in accordance with applicable laws. They also videotape meetings and make recordings publicly available on request. More information about the collection and use of your personal information is available at: toronto.ca/legdocs/privacy.htm.

NEWS RELEASE

29-Jan-2015

Residents invited to join the discussion about Toronto’s 2015 budget

The City of Toronto’s Budget Committee will hear pubic presentations on the proposed 2015 Operating Budget and the 2015-2024 Capital Budget and Plan next week. Members of the public can make a presentation at one of the Budget Subcommittee meetings on February 2 and 3.

To register, send an email to buc@toronto.ca or call 416-392-4666 before 4 p.m. on January 30 indicating your choice of location, date and session number. Individuals may only make one presentation to the Budget Subcommittees at the following times and locations.

City Hall – Committee Room 1, 100 Queen St. W.
February 2
Session 1: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Session 2: 6 p.m. onwards.

Etobicoke Civic Centre – Council Chamber, 399 The West Mall
February 2
Session 1: 3 to 5 p.m.
Session 2: 6 p.m. onwards

Scarborough Civic Centre – Council Chamber, 150 Borough Dr.
February 3
Session 1: 3 to 5 p.m.
Session 2: 6 p.m. onwards

North York Civic Centre – Council Chamber, 5100 Yonge St.
February 3
Session 1: 3 to 5 p.m.
Session 2: 6 p.m. onwards

More information about the 2015 budget and the budget process is available at toronto.ca/budget2015.

Note: If you write or make a presentation to the Budget Committee, the City will collect and use your personal information in accordance with applicable laws. We also videotape meetings and make recordings publicly available on request. More information about the collection and use of your personal information is available at: toronto.ca/legdocs/privacy.htm.

Toronto is Canada’s largest city, the fourth largest in North America, and home to a diverse population of about 2.8 million people. It is a global centre for business, finance, arts and culture and is consistently ranked one of the world’s most livable cities. Toronto is proud to be the Host City for the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games. For information on non-emergency City services and programs, Toronto residents, businesses and visitors can visit toronto.ca, call 311, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, or follow us @TorontoComms.

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