Toronto traffic, transit congestion likely to worsen with in

TORONTO — Greater Toronto commuters are likely bracing for traffic and transit congestion to worsen over the coming months as a number of major employers get ready to increase in-office days.

Even before return-to-office mandates take effect, experts say vehicle traffic in the city is at a tipping point, while delays, construction and public safety concerns plague the public transit system.

“I think people should be very concerned, both policy-makers and commuters themselves, about the impact that a back-to-work mandate is going to have on the commute," said Jennifer Keesmaat, a former chief planner for the City of Toronto.

"We were already hitting a tipping point because transit ridership has decreased and so many people are getting in their cars.”

In many Canadian cities, she noted t