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The new streetcars will be accessible, so parents pushing strollers and
people using wheelchairs will have step‐free access into the streetcar
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They will hold almost double the number of passengers as the current
streetcars and have more doors to enter the vehicle
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The vehicles will use a proof‐of‐payment system so that more people can move
quickly during rush hour
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The new streetcars will provide a quieter ride and, during the summer
months, offer air conditioned comfort
Notice of Public Consultation Meeting
New maintenance and storage facilities must be added to TTC operations to
accommodate the new streetcars and enhance transit service for the community.
One of those facilities will be in the City’s southeast end so streetcars can
access it from the Queen Street East streetcar tracks. In December 2009 the City
acquired the Ashbridges Bay site for the TTC facility. 100 new streetcars will
be stored at the Ashbridges Bay Fleet Maintenance and Storage Facility to be
built at the south east corner of Lake Shore Boulevard and Leslie Street. The
Ashbridges storage and maintenance facility is to be completed in 2013 in time
for the delivery of the first 36 streetcars. The new storage facilities will be
built to Toronto Green Development Standards, and staff will follow
environmentally friendly practices to ensure the site is energy efficient and
environmentally friendly. The TTC is holding a public consultation to discuss
the new streetcars and the route they will travel from the Queen Street tracks
to the Connaught and Ashbridges yards:
Date: April 8, 2010 Time: 6:30pm to 9:00pm Location: Toronto EMS and Fire
Academy 895 Eastern Avenue
For more information contact: Lito Romano TTC Community Liaison Officer Tel:
416‐397‐8699 E‐mail:
[email protected] Web:
www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/lrv
