During the meeting, the commissioners will discuss, among other items, staff reports recommending that they approve:

• improving “off-peak” (meaning: not during rush hours) service by operating more, and less crowded, buses and streetcars along 33 routes. (You can read the staff report here. (.pdf))
• splitting the 504 King streetcar route into two routes during the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival. (You can read the staff report here (.pdf))
• revising the TTC’s current order of 105 buses from NOVABus to add 108 more 10-metre (40-foot) low-floor clean diesel buses. (You can read the staff report here. (.pdf))
• not establishing overnight service along Kipling Avenue or Martin Grove Road. (You can read the staff report here. (.pdf))

They will also review:

• the monthly report from Chief Executive Officer Andy Byford for July 2015. (You can read the report here. (.pdf))
• a request from Toronto City Council that the TTC budget in 2016 for relocating Humber Loop to Lake Shore Boulevard West and Park Lawn Road and build a dedicated streetcar right-of-way between Exhibition Place and The Queensway at St. Joseph’s Health Centre. (You can read the request here (.pdf)).
• a presentation from the City of Toronto’s Chief Planner, Jennifer Keesmaat, “Transit Planning in Toronto: roles, priorities and our decision making framework”.

The agenda also contains several important items with confidential attachments, including:

• a staff review of options to exclude Bombardier from bidding on future TTC contracts. (You can review the public part of the report here. (.pdf))
• a status update on the Leslie Barns project.

You can view the agenda for the meeting here.

Toronto Transit Commission meetings are public meetings — anyone may attend. If you wish to speak to the commission about an item on its agenda during this meeting, e-mail the Co-ordinator — Secretariat Services at: gso@ttc.ca before noon tomorrow, Tuesday, July 28.

You can find out more about making a deputation — or presentation — to the commission here.