Toronto Transportation Services

The Toronto Transportation Services, formerly Metro Roads and Works, is a division of the City of Toronto government. It is responsible for all public and non-provincially maintained roadways in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Organization and responsibilities

The department was created from the merger of:

Before amalgamation, Metro Toronto Transportation was responsible for major roads across Metro, while the municipalities were in charge of collector and local roads in their respective areas.

Transportation Services is divided into 4 service districts and 2 central services sections: Toronto East York, North York, Scarborough and Etobicoke York, Traffic Management Centre and Transportation Infrastructure Management. The Transportation Services Division is responsible for:

  • road maintenance (approximately 10,033 different streets and 5,365 km of roads)
  • over 2,100 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
  • 4,100 bus shelters
  • 5,556 kilometres of roads
  • 124 kilometres of expressways
  • 108,969 kilometres of main roads
  • 814 kilometres of collector roads
  • 3,236 kilometres of local roads
  • 293 kilometres of laneways
  • 9,500 streets
  • 7,100 kilometres of sidewalks

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

A variety of city and contract staff/equipment are 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)

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

Traffic and Road Operations Sections

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

Traffic Management Centre

The Traffic Management Centre consists of the Traffic Safety, Traffic Plant Installations and Maintenance, and Urban Traffic Control Systems units. These units are responsible for:

See also
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