For Mayor of Toronto · 2026Transit stations and vehicles
Improve safety, cleanliness, visibility and response where riders experience the system.
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Priority 3 · SafetySafety People Can Feel
On your street. On the TTC. In your building.
Safer Streets and TTC
Safety cannot exist only in statistics.
Residents should feel safe using transit, walking through their neighbourhoods, raising children, running businesses and living in their homes.
Lighting and sightlines
Reduce avoidable risk through better-designed public spaces.
Persistent problem locations
Act faster where the same safety and disorder problems repeatedly return.
Schools and community spaces
Strengthen protection around places children, families and residents use every day.
Emergency coordination
Improve coordination among the services responsible for public safety and emergency response.
Modern investigative tools
Use appropriate tools lawfully and responsibly, with human accountability and legal safeguards.
Prevent the Emergency Before It Happens
The 3 F's: Fire. Flood. Falls.
Toronto should become better at identifying dangerous conditions before they become tragedies.
SafeCharge Toronto
Focus on damaged or modified batteries, unsafe chargers, uncertified equipment, dangerous rebuilding, commercial-scale charging, high-volume storage and blocked emergency exits.
Explore SafeCharge →Protect homes before water arrives
Backwater valves, sump pumps, drainage, property-level protection, infrastructure maintenance and better stormwater planning.
Explore resilience →Kid-Safe High-Rises
Examine professionally installed, code-compliant solutions for balconies, windows, terraces and elevated spaces while preserving emergency access, fire safety, ventilation and daylight.
Explore family safety →Safety should be designed in before tragedy happens.
The public direction is clear. Detailed design, costing, safeguards, partner commitments and implementation milestones will be released in stages as they are verified. Before residents are asked to approve or fund a major commitment, the campaign will publish the authority, cost, protections, partners and measurable next steps.
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