NOTICE OF MOTION: Taking Back Our Streets - Getting Toronto Moving Again     Moved by:     Councillor Matlow   Seconded by:   Councillor Filion   SUMMARY:   Traffic congestion is a significant problem for Toronto's motorists, public transit users and cyclists. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently noted that the [...]

Dear Friends,   It is my pleasure to report that the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee agreed, this afternoon, to begin the process of returning common sense to scooter and moped parking in Toronto. Due to the motion that Councillor Berardinetti and I brought to City Council, staff have been directed to report back to [...]

In June 2013, my colleagues passed a motion to improve traffic signal synchronization at City Council. I am pleased that the Mayor and the Chair of Public Works made this a priority in response to my letter of September 2011.   Traffic congestion is a significant problem for Toronto's motorists, public transit users and cyclists. This congestion [...]

I am pleased to say that City Council has directed the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee to consider my motion, seconded by Councillor Berardinetti, to return some common sense to the rules regulating moped and scooter parking in Toronto. This is an important step forward because, as I mentioned to you in my previous update, [...]

Traffic congestion is a significant problem for Toronto's motorists, public transit users and cyclists. Of course, the long-term solution to this problem includes building a more accessible, extensive and efficient public transportation system in addition to encouraging car-pooling and cycling. But, in the meantime, whether one is a motorist or a surface transit user, it [...]

Some parking infractions do not warrant the same level of police enforcement as others. An illegally parked car on a quiet street with surplus spots is less of a problem than an illegally parked car or stopped delivery vehicle on an arterial road. Vehicles illegally parked or stopped on arterial curb lanes can delay thousands of drivers and [...]

Dear friends,   As I mentioned to you in my previous update, my motion to return some common sense to the rules regulating moped and scooter parking was sent to the chair and members of the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee and Councillor Michelle Berardinetti, a member of that committee, was prepared to move it [...]

June 12, 2013   Jim Kenzie Toronto Star   Toronto City Council voted recently to spend upwards of eleven million dollars on traffic light synchronization in the city.   Wait a minute…   When I went to university – yes, there were cars then – we (‘we’ because we carpooled, dontcha know…) knew instantly when [...]

Earlier this week, my colleagues passed a motion to improve traffic signal synchronization at City Council. I am pleased that the Mayor and the Chair of Public Works made this a priority in response to my letter of September 2011.   Traffic congestion is a significant problem for Toronto's motorists, public transit users and cyclists. [...]

Councillor Josh Matlow Ward 22, St. Paul's City Hall, 100 Queen Street West        Tel:   416-392-7906 2nd Floor, Suite A17                            Fax:  416-392-0124 Toronto, Ontario   M5H 2N2                councillor_matlow@toronto.ca www.joshmatlow.ca   Chair & Members Public Works & Infrastructure Committee 10th Floor, West Tower, City Hall 100 Queen St. West Toronto ON M5H 2N2   May 27, 2013   [...]