Improve dangerous crossings, school zones, sidewalks, lighting and traffic-calming measures, with particular attention to children, seniors and people with disabilities, including residents who use wheelchairs or other mobility devices. As reported by CBC News in June 2026, citing Toronto Police data, traffic fatalities from January 1 to June 1 were up 28% compared with the same period in 2025 — a concerning rise that reinforces the urgency of safer street design and stronger prevention. Use resident feedback and better data to identify problem areas and make walking, cycling, wheeling and reaching schools, community facilities or transit safer for everyone.

Residents should not have to worry about cracked pavement, recurring potholes and repeated construction on the same streets. Push for clearer timelines, stronger coordination among City divisions, utilities and contractors, and a more preventive approach to road maintenance. New York State faces the same freeze-thaw pressures that damage pavement here and uses preventive maintenance, year-round pothole reporting, winter patching and permanent seasonal repairs to extend pavement life. Toronto should bring the same disciplined focus to smoother, longer-lasting roads, while giving residents and local businesses advance notice and meaningful updates when work falls behind.

Prioritize sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, transit stops, school routes, senior facilities and other heavily used routes — not only roadways. Helsinki uses predefined maintenance classes, mapped priority routes and intensified winter maintenance for major walking and cycling corridors, while testing new snow-management technologies. Montréal, which receives about 190 cm of snow in an average winter, continuously plows streets and sidewalks and launches large-scale snow-loading operations when accumulation requires it. Toronto should learn from both: clearer priorities, better use of technology and real-time information, measurable service standards and faster follow-up after major storms.

Advocate for safer, more efficient and more reliable TTC service, with a strong focus on preventing avoidable delays, improving connections and communicating clearly when disruptions occur. Improve safe walking, cycling and accessible routes to transit, along with secure bike parking. Where suitable public land and planning conditions allow, explore multi-level parking structures near subway stations so commuters have practical options without defaulting to costly underground excavation or acquiring and reshaping private property. Better planning can reduce unnecessary construction costs, disruption and pressure on municipal finances.

Support more housing and a wider range of housing options, with particular attention to reducing the extraordinary wait for affordable and rent-geared-to-income homes. City of Toronto data based on 2025 shows average RGI wait times of roughly 10 to 15 years depending on unit size. Conversations with refugees, immigrants and newcomers, single parents, young adults facing difficult circumstances and people who are temporarily displaced show how damaging these waits can be. Alongside faster housing delivery, support youth-led advocacy and leadership groups within Toronto Community Housing communities — practical projects that give young people a stronger voice, create supportive environments for creativity and initiative, and help build resilience, confidence and courage. Plan growth around transit, infrastructure, schools, parks and local services, with meaningful community input and good design that strengthens neighbourhoods.