Street Furniture Update 2016 Rollout and Publication Boxes Ryan Lanyon February 16, 2016
Introduction Who am I? Cycling NGO City of Ottawa Smart Commute Metrolinx City of Toronto GM s Office Street Furniture
Street Furniture Unit Street Furniture Program (Astral Contract) Post-and-ring Bicycle Parking Publica<on Box Licensing and Enforcement 3
Street Furniture Program Overview Partnership with Astral Media Consolidation of previous street furniture 20-year agreement Astral Media Install, maintain, and own elements Advertising exclusivity Revenue sharing with City Public: 1-866-8-ASTRAL (27-8725) or quality@astral.com City of Toronto Survey and identify furniture locations Agreement management, monitor performance Public: 311 or streetfurniture@toronto.ca Joint Decisions Element design and quantities 4
Street Furniture Program Elements Bench Kiosk Pos/ng Column Mini-Bench Corral Pos/ng Board 5
Street Furniture Program Elements Li<er Bin (New) Info Pillar (Ad) Transit Shelter Li<er Bin (Old) Info Pillar (Non-ad) Public Washroom 6
Street Furniture Program Rollout Request-based program Public BIAs and businesses Councillors City Divisions and Agencies TTC, SWM, MLS Consultation Requests: at any time Annual notifications City Councillors BIAs 7
Street Furniture Program Placement Furniture design and placement guidelines Vibrant Streets (furnishing zone, maintain pedestrian clearway and sightlines) Accessibility (AODA, City guidelines) TTC (clearance for vehicles, doors) SWM (clearance for safety) Toronto Hydro and other utilities 8
Street Furniture Program Rollout Total Installations by Element Element 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Transit Shelters 285 354 354 138 347 467 645 539 3129 Litter Receptacle 1 2296 1778 637 1030 857 1569 857 9025 Benches 71 213 261 51 133 420 192 173 1514 Info Pillars 43 22 16 2 83 Info Pillars - Non Ad 1 1 31 20 53 Corral 1 18 44 147 605 287 1102 Kiosk 4 8 2 58 28 100 Poster Board 101 139 117 48 93 276 260 192 1226 Poster Structures 18 7 40 69 278 74 2 99 587 Public Washrooms 1 1 1 3 (Bicycle Parking) 208 371 650 333 1562 Total 476 3010 2551 1009 2165 2661 4004 2508 18384 9
Street Furniture Program Evolution 30000 3500 25000 3000 # of Street Furniture Elements 20000 15000 10000 2500 2000 1500 1000 Schedule H Quan<ty 5000 500 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rollout Year 0 Sum of Schedule H (Cumula/ve) Sum of Actual Installa/ons (Cumula/ve) Sum of Schedule H 10
Street Furniture Program Evolution 30000 3500 25000 3000 # of Street Furniture Elements 20000 15000 10000 2500 2000 1500 1000 Schedule H Quan<ty 5000 500 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Rollout Year 0 Sum of Schedule H (Cumula/ve) Sum of Actual Installa/ons (Cumula/ve) Sum of Schedule H 11
Street Furniture Program & BIAs Furniture at no cost Owned, maintained, repaired by Astral Bicycle parking owned, maintained, repaired by City Solid waste collection by City Now available for an entire BIA area Installation priority Specialty furniture (elements in black) BIA branding on furniture BIA marketing materials on one ad panel (non-dedicated) 36 BIAs used this space in Year 7 (2013-2014) 12
Street Furniture Program & BIAs: Black Bench Kiosk Pos/ng Column Mini Bench Info Pillar Li<er Bin 13
Street Furniture Program & BIAs: Black Current Desired New Furniture Exis<ng Furniture Cost Grey Grey Yes N/A None Grey Black Yes No None Grey Black - Yes Swap Black Black Yes N/A None LiJer Bins Grey (old) Grey (new) Yes No None Grey (old) Grey (new) - Yes Upgrade Grey (old) Black (new) Yes No None Grey (old) Black (new) - Yes Swap Black (old) Black (new) Yes No None Black (old) Black (new) - Yes Upgrade 14
Street Furniture Program & BIAs: Black Example 1: BIA wants to switch from grey street furniture to black. There is no cost to have new elements installed in black. There is a cost to retrofit existing grey elements to black. Example 2: BIA wants to replace old bins with new bins. There is no charge for any new bins installed, whether grey or black. If the BIA currently has old grey bins, and wants to switch to new black bins, the swap cost applies. If the BIA currently has old black bins, and wants to switch to new black bins, the upgrade cost applies. A swap cost is a few hundred dollars. An upgrade cost is a few thousand dollars. Contact us for exact quotes. 15
Publication Box Licensing City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 743 Use of Streets & Sidewalks Harmonized City wide placement guidelines as of Oct 1/06 3 Processes: Application & licensing by support staff Installation & maintenance by publishers Complaint investigation & enforcement by TSOs Rationalized placement of boxes & clustering with other street furniture Forced migration to multi-publication structures installed by Astral: Corrals (4 box capacity) Kiosks (8 to 16 box capacity) 16
Publication Box Licensing: Migrations Corral Kiosk 17
Publication Box Licensing 42% reduction in # of licensees (2006 to 2015) 48% reduction in # of boxes on the street (2006 to 2015) 57% of licenced boxes moved into multi-publication structures Increased maintenance Improved bylaw compliance 893 boxes removed 18
Publication Boxes: Your Needs & Concerns? 19
Street Furniture Contacts Installations & Swaps/Upgrades Antonia Markos Supervisor amarkos@toronto.ca 416-392-1552 Jason Neill Coordinator jneill2@toronto.ca 416-392-1597 Transit Shelter Ad Space Alida Ianni Communications Coordinator aianni@outofhome.astral.com 416-440-6723 Maintenance & Repair Astral Media Hotline quality@astral.com 1-866-8-ASTRAL (827-8725) Harry Fuller Right-of-way Coordinator hfuller@toronto.ca 416-392-1565 Program Management & Other Ryan Lanyon Manager rlanyon@toronto.ca 416-392-1799 20