Project Type
Other
Status
In Progress
Traffic calming is the installation of physical measures to alter negative motorist driving behaviour. The objective is to achieve uniform driving patterns at reduced speeds on roads where lower speeds enhance safety and livability in neighbourhoods.
Speed Cushions, Bollards, & Planters
Traffic Services staff within the Development Services Department work with ward councillors to determine the use of seasonal temporary measures including speed cushions, flexible bollards, or planters and their locations.
Additionally, one collapsible bollard is installed within each ward on the centre line of the roadway to bring enhanced awareness to pedestrians crossing the roadway. Locations are selected based on the highest volume of pedestrians at an Intersection Pedestrian Signal (IPS) within school zones. If the ward does not have an IPS, the bollard location is at an all way stop with high pedestrian volume.
Seasonal measures are installed in the spring/summer and removed in the fall to prepare for winter maintenance.
2025 Locations
- Blake Street (flexible bollards)
- Colleen Avenue (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Cook Street (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Grove Street (flexible bollards)
- Hickling Trail (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Johnson Street (collapsible bollard near Johnson Street Public School)
- Maitland Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Napier Street (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Penetanguishene Road (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Steel Street (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Sydenham Wells (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Donald Street (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Eccles Street North (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Grove Street East (collapsible bollard near Maple Grove Public School)
- Lay Street (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Rose Street (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Cartwright Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Cassandra Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Ferris Lane (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Harding Avenue (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Livingstone Street East (collapsible bollard near Monsignor Clair Catholic Elementary School)
- Stanley Street (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Bensen Drive (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Cloughley Drive (1 planter)
- Cundles Road West (collapsible bollard near Emma King Elementary School)
- Ford Street (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Kozlov Street between Cundles and Heather (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Kozlov Street between Heather and Livingstone (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Letitia Street (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Sunnidale Road (2 planters)
- Austen Lane (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Fox Run (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Gibbon Drive (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Jagges Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Leacock Drive (collapsible bollard near St. Mary's Catholic School)
- Ruffett Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Shirley Avenue (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Wallace Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Beacon Road (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Bishop Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Crawford Steet (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Cumming Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Dunnett Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Montserrand Street (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Summerset Drive (collapsible bollard near Ardagh Bluffs Public School; speed cushion, 1 crossing; flexible bollards; and 2 planters)
- Wildwood Trail (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Columbia Road (flexible bollards)
- Coughlin Road (flexible bollards)
- Emms Drive (flexible bollards)
- Emms Drive between Mapleton and Coughlin (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Ginger Drive (flexible bollards)
- Girdwood Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Holly Meadow Road (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Mapleton Avenue (flexible bollards)
- Marsellus Drive (Collapsible bollard near St. Bernadette Elementary School and flexible bollards, 2 sets)
- Red Oak Drive (flexible bollards)
- Sundew Drive (flexible bollards)
- Wessenger Drive (flexible bollards)
- Baldwin Lane (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Barre Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Brennan Avenue (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Cox Mill Road (collapsible bollard near Warnica Public School and flexible bollards)
- Dock Road (speed cushion, 1 crossing; shared with Ward 10)
- Dodson Road (flexible bollards)
- Garden Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Herrell Avenue (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Leggott Avenue (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Marshall Street (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Milburn Street (flexible bollards)
- Tyndale Road (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- White Oaks Drive (1 planter)
- Catherine Drive (flexible bollards)
- Chalmers Drive (2 sets of flexible bollards)
- Country Lane between Heritage and Esther (speed cushion, 1 crossing; 2 sets of flexible bollards; and 1 planter)
- Country Lane between Max and Yonge (flexible bollards and 1 planter)
- Courtney Crescent (flexible bollards)
- Dean Avenue (2 planters)
- Esther Drive between Country Lane and Lakewoods (1 planter)
- Esther Drive between Honey and Rebecca (1 planter)
- Finsbury Street (1 planter)
- Gadwall Avenue (flexible bollards)
- Glenhill Drive (flexible bollards)
- Goodwin Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Honey Crescent (flexible bollards)
- Loon Avenue (flexible bollards)
- Raquel Street (collapsible bollard (near Mapleview Heights Elementary School and flexible bollards)
- Shalom Way (flexible bollards)
- Thicketwood Avenue (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Ward Drive (flexible bollards)
- Widgeon Street (flexible bollards)
- Birkhall Place (flexible bollards)
- Coronation Parkway (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Dock Road (speed cushion, 1 crossing; shared with Ward 8)
- Golden Meadow Road (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Majesty Boulevard (flexible bollards)
- Proclamation Drive (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- Sovereigns Gate (speed cushions, 2 crossings)
- Sun King Crescent (speed cushion, 1 crossing)
- The Queensway (collapsible bollard near Hyde Park Public School)
Radar Speed Boards
Staff work alongside ward councillors and residents to determine exact locations for radar speed board installations. These boards can be relocated throughout the year to help staff analyze traffic data and notify motorists of their speeds. Radar speed boards have been effective with lowering operating speeds when present.
Radar speed boards were installed at the below locations in May 2024 and remain in place:
Ward Locations Ward 1 - Johnson Street, between Blake and Steel
- Napier Street, between Cook and Puget
Ward 2 - Grove Street East, between Davidson and Lount
- Wellington Street East, between St. Vincent and Duckworth
Ward 3 - Cundles Road East, between Livingstone E and J.C Massie
- Stanley Street, between Hanmer and Livingstone
Ward 4 - Ferndale Drive North, City limit
- Hanmer Street West, between Bayfield and Morton
- Livingstone Street West, between Ferndale N and Sunnidale
- Sunnidale Road, City limit
Ward 5 - Cundles Road West, by Emma King School
- Miller Drive, between Sproule and Edgehill
Ward 6 - Essa Road, between Ardagh and Ferndale S
- Ferndale Drive South, between Bishop and Gore
- Ferndale Drive South, between Tiffin and Greenwich
Ward 7 - Emms Drive, between Mapleton and Coughlin
- Essa Road, 1 northbound and 1 southbound
- King Street, between Reid and Veteran's (north segment)
- Lougheed Road
- Mapleton Avenue
- Marsellus Drive
- Veteran's Drive, between Harvie and Mapleton
Ward 8 - Bayview Drive
- Hurst Drive
- Little Avenue, between Bayview and Fairview
- Yonge Street
Ward 9 - Big Bay Point Road, between Huronia and Dean
- Dean Avenue, between Raquel and Madelaine
Ward 10 - Golden Meadow Road, between Hurst and Dock
- The Queensway, between Big Bay Point and Sovereigns
Traffic calming is the installation of physical measures to alter negative motorist driving behavior. The objective is to achieve uniform driving patterns at reduced speeds on roads where lower speeds enhance safety and livability in neighbourhoods. Traffic-calmed streets are intended to improve residents’ quality of life and increase safety for active transportation users.
Temporary speed cushions were installed in April 2024, and flexible bollards and planters were installed in June 2024 at the below locations. These measures were removed in October 2024.
Ward 1
- Arthur Ave, between Nelson and Jones | Bollards
- Bernick Dr, between Duckworth and West | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- College Cres, between Nelson and East Gate | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Corbett Dr, between Hickling and Maitland | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Hickling Trail, between Corbett and Maitland | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Hickling Trail, between Johnson and Rosenfeld | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Napier St, between Cook and Puget | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Shanty Bay Rd, between Garret and Penetanguishene | Bollards
- Steel St, between Duckworth and Nelson | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Sydenham Wells, between Tunbridge and Cheltenham | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
Ward 2
- Donald St, between Wellington W and Eccles N | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Eccles St, between Wellington W and Dunlop W | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Lay St, between Newton and Wellington E | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Rose St, between Duckworth and Bayfield | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
Ward 3
- Cardinal St, between Cartwright and Meadowlark | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Cartwright Dr, between Cardinal and Cardinal | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Cassandra Dr, between Hanmer W and Monique | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Collette Cres, between Ferris and Janine | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Harding Ave, between Cundles E and Ferris | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Stanley St, between Livingstone E and Livia Herman | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
Ward 4
- Benson Dr, between Cloughley and Wismer | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Cloughley Dr, between Northview and Hodgson | Planter
- Ford St, between Hanmer W and Livingstone W | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Hanmer St W, between Finlay and Kozlov | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Kozlov St, between Heather and Cundles W | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Kozlov St, between Heather and Livingstone W | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Letita St, between Anne N and Sunnidale | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Sunnidale Rd, between Oakridge and Powell | 2 planters
Ward 5
- Austen Lane, between Leacock and Anne N | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Coleman Lane, between Ruffett and Gross | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Fox Run, between Leacock and Shirley | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Gibbon Dr, between Leacock and Anne N | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Ruffett Dr, between Pringle and Kraus | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Shirley Ave, between Gibbon and Anne N | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Wallace Dr, between Cundles W and McVeigh | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
Ward 6
- Beacon Rd, between Essa and Montserrand | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Bishop Dr, between Ferndale S and James | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Crawford St, between Phillips and Ardagh | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Cumming Dr, between Ferndale S and Stapleton | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Dunnett Dr, between Grants and Eaglestone | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Montserrand St, between Beacon and Veteran’s | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Summerset Dr, between Ferndale S and Pennell | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Summerset Dr, between Ardagh and Pennell | Planter
- Wildwood Trail, between Ferndale S and Snowshoe | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
Ward 7
- Coughlin Rd, between Essa and Girdwood | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Ginger Dr, between Sundew and Mapleview W | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Girdwood Dr, between Wessenger and Brucker | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Holly Meadow Rd, between Timothy and Farmstead | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Mapleton Ave, between Allsop and Silver Maple | Bollards
- Marsellus Dr, between Downing and Sundew | Bollards
- Sundew Dr, between Red Oak and Marsellus | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
Ward 8
- Baldwin Lane, between Innisfil and Bayview | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Barre Dr, between Big Bay Point and D’ambrosio | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Brennan Ave, between White Oaks and Hurst | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Cox Mill Rd, between Mary Anne and Nina | Bollards
- Dock Rd, between Cox Mill and Plunkett | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Dodson Rd, between Nina and Warnica | Bollards
- Garden Dr, between Trillium and Little | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Herrell Ave, between Leggott and Huronia | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Leggott Ave, between Pickett and Draper | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Marshall St, between Innisfil and Little | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Milburn St, between Gowan and Burton | Bollards
- Tyndale Rd, between Dock and Gray | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- White Oaks Rd, between Minet’s Point and The Boulevard | Planter
Ward 9
- Bartor Blvd, between Fenchurch and Thicketwood | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Catherine Dr, between Stunden and Seline | Bollards
- Country Lane, between Mapleview E and Esther | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Country Lane, between Esther and Mapleview E | Bollards & planter
- Country Lane, between Yonge and Goodwin | Planter
- Dean Ave, between Big Bay Point and Grace | Planter
- Drake Dr, between Gadwall and Widgeon | Bollards
- Esther Dr, between Country and Lakewoods | Planter
- Esther Dr, between Honey and Dean | Bollards
- Esther Dr, between Honey and Rebecca | Planter
- Finsbury St, between Lockhart and Fenchurch | Planter
- Gadwall Ave, between Drake and Loon | Bollards
- Glenhill Dr, between Finsbury and Priscillas | Bollards
- Goodwin Dr, between Mapleview E and Country | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Montgomery Dr, between Big Bay Point and Bertha | Planter
- Raquel St, between Grace and Esther | Bollards
- Shalom Way, between Finsbury and Fenchurch | Bollards
- Widgeon St, between Merganser and Gadwall | Bollards
Ward 10
- Coronation Pky, between Sun King and Prince William | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Golden Meadow Rd, between Grand Forest and Hurst | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Proclamation Dr, between Sovereigns and Sandringham | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
- Sovereigns Gate, between Tudor and The Queensway | Speed cushions, 2 crossings
- Sun King Cres, between Consort and Royal Jubilee | Speed cushion, 1 crossing
In 2024, Traffic Services staff piloted collapsible bollards at pedestrian walkways. One bollard was installed within each ward from August to October 2024. They were installed on the centre line of the roadway to bring enhanced awareness to pedestrians crossing the roadway. Staff monitored the effectiveness of these bollards with speed monitoring in the areas and observations, and analyzed the data.
Locations were selected based on the highest volume of pedestrians at an Intersection Pedestrian Signal (IPS) within school zones. If the ward does not have an IPS, the bollard location was at an all way stop with high pedestrian volume. Ward Location Ward 1 Johnson Street (near Johnson Street Public School) Ward 2 Grove Street East (near Maple Grove Public School) Ward 3 Livingstone Street East (near Monsignor Clair Catholic Elementary School) Ward 4 Cundles Road West (near Emma King Elementary School) Ward 5 Leacock Drive (near St. Mary's Catholic School) Ward 6 Summerset Drive (near Ardagh Bluffs Public School) Ward 7 Marsellus Drive (near St. Bernadette Elementary School) Ward 8 Cox Mill Road (near Warnica Public School) Ward 9 Raquel Street (near Mapleview Heights Elementary School) Ward 10 The Queensway (near Hyde Park Public School)