Item - 2018.BU44.10

The Budget Committee recommends that:

1.  City Council approve increasing the Toronto Transit Commission conventional service 2018 approved complement of 14,423 by 84 positions to support and deliver capacity improvement initiatives, resulting in an amended 2018 approved complement of 14,507.

At its meeting on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 the Toronto Transit Commission Board considered the attached report titled "Capacity Improvements on Bus and Subway Services". 

The Board adopted the recommendations in the staff report, as follows:

"It is recommended that the Board:

1.  Approve the following four capacity improvements to be implemented in the fall of 2018, starting in September:

a.  improve service reliability on Line 1
b.  relieve peak crowding on 20 bus routes
c.  relieve off-peak crowding on 14 bus routes
d.  implement 7 new express services in the peak periods on a trial basis.

2.  Direct Toronto Transit Commission staff to include the required costs to annualize this service in the 2019 Toronto Transit Commission Operating Budget, currently estimated at $10.5 million gross with an $8.5 million net impact on subsidy after accounting for $2 million in incremental passenger revenue.

3.  Increase the Toronto Transit Commission conventional service 2018 approved complement of 14,423 by 84 positions to support and deliver capacity improvement initiatives, resulting in an amended 2018 approved complement of 14,507.

4.  Forward this report to City Budget Committee, City of Toronto's Planning and Transportation Services, Financial Services departments and Metrolinx."

The Board also adopted the following Motion:

i)  That the Chief Executive Officer be directed to include in the Toronto Transit Commission's 2019 budget submission one additional gap train on Line 1 in both the a.m. and p.m. peak periods.

The foregoing recommendation is submitted for City Council approval through the Budget Committee.