That the following actions be taken with respect to the Public Transit Stream of the Federal Infrastructure Program:
a) the Managing Director, Environmental & Engineering Services and City Engineer BE REQUESTED to make a funding submission(s) with respect to the $204 million allocated to London under the Federal Public Transit Infrastructure Stream (PTIS) and the $170 million Provincial funding that includes the following projects:
i) Project 1. The Downtown Loop
ii) Project 2. Wellington Road Gateway
iii) Project 3. East London Link
iv) Project 6. Intelligent Traffic Signals (TIMMS)
v) Project 7. Expansion Buses
vi) Project 9. Bus Stop Amenities
vii) Project 12. Adelaide Street Underpass Active Transportation Connections
viii) Project 14. Dundas Place Thames Valley Parkway Active Transportation Conncetion
ix) Project 15. Dundas Street Old East Village Streetscape Improvements and,
x) Project 16. Oxford Street / Wharncliffe Road Intersection Improvements;
b) the following additional actions be taken with respect to item a) iii), above, the East London Link:
i) the London Transit Commission BE THANKED for implementing a new express bus service to Argyle Mall, Route 94, to start in Fall 2019; and;
ii) the London Transit Commission BE REQUESTED to consider the following as priorities in its 5-year service plan:
A. maintaining a direct, frequent bus connection between Argyle Mall and the Dundas and Highbury transit node;
B. implementing an express bus connection between Argyle Mall and Fanshawe College, to coincide with implementation of the East London Link;
C. improving the frequency of the Route 36, which serves the airport and industrial employers, to one bus every 15 minutes during peak periods;
D. improving the frequency of the Route 94 to one bus every 15 minutes during peak periods; and,
E. accelerating implementation of alternative service delivery in the industrial employment zones identified in the London Transit Commission's 5-year service plan, to better connect Londoners to jobs in East and South London;
c) consideration of the following remaining proposed projects BE REFERRED to a future meeting:
i) Project 8. On-Board Information Screens
ii) Project 10. Pedestrian Street Connectivity Improvements to the Transit Network
iii) Project 11. New Sidewalks
iv) Project 13. Active Transportation Improvements across Transit Route Bridges
v) Project 17. Cycling Routes Connecting to Downtown Transit
vi) Project 18. Cycling Routes Connecting to Transit throughout the City, and
vii) Project 19. Enhanced Bike Parking; and,
d) the staff report dated March 25, 2019, and the communications included on the Added Agenda from R. Graham, B. Biro and R. Moretti, with respect to this matter BE RECEIVED;
it being noted that the attached presentation, Benefit/Cost Ratios Information and Source of Financing information was provided to the committee.