Council receives 2025 Neighbourhood Traffic Safety Program update

On November 24, Town Council received an update on the Town’s Neighbourhood Traffic Safety Program (NTSP). The progress report highlights the Town’s achievements in 2025 and the work planned for 2026 to enhance safety on Oakville’s road network for all users.

The NTSP, established in 2021, includes various initiatives that aim to address speeding and aggressive driving in Oakville’s residential neighbourhoods, as well as enhance safety. Each component complements the other to support the overall program including: traffic calming, pedestrian crossovers (PXOs), road safety initiatives, traffic signal construction and optimization, traffic studies and data collection, communication and education, and Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE), which ended on November 14 due to new Provincial legislation.

Key accomplishments for 2025: 

• Implementation of traffic calming speed cushions on nine streets completed this fall
• Implementation of traffic calming measures in front of eight schools located on major collector/arterial roads
• Installation of 15 PXOs to be completed by the fall, with an additional 12 as part of the Crosstown Trail construction to be completed by the end of December 2025
• Implementation of 29 new Community Safety Zones (CSZ) by Q1 2026
• Implementation of the ASE program in January 2025

The Town’s workplan for 2026 will build on the current success of the NTSP, implementing a range of initiatives aimed at achieving safer residential roads, including: 

• Conducting public consultation, design and construction of traffic calming measures for six local and minor collector roads based on established criteria
• Implementing traffic calming measures in front of four schools on major collector and arterial roads and assessing new requests for traffic calming
• Design and construction of 12 PXOs, one pedestrian signal, and traffic signals at Dundas Street and Taunton Road 
• Completing the Pedestrian Safety Study Update

Education and ongoing engagement with the public will continue to be a critical aspect of the NTSP program, to promote safer driving, cycling and pedestrian behaviour in residential areas, as well as reduce speeding and aggressive driving. 

For more information, review the 2025 Neighbhourhood Traffic Safety Program staff report included in the November 24, 2025 Council meeting agenda.

Background

• To align with Bill 56, Building a More Competitive Economy Act, 2025, the Town’s ASE program ended as of November 14.
• Statistics on the use of ASE in Oakville from January 22, 2025 to October 30, 2025 are available in Appendix A. 

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“Council’s investment in the Neighbourhood Traffic Safety Program reflects our commitment to putting safety first. We will expand initiatives such as pedestrian crossovers, traffic calming measures, and Community Safety Zones, all guided by data. In these zones, fines are increased for speeding to help keep everyone in our neighbourhoods safe.”
– Mayor Rob Burton