Editing Toronto Islands (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Toronto City Center Airport.jpg|thumb|[[Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport]] is located on the north-western tip of the Toronto Islands.]]

===Airport===
{{Main|Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport}}
The north-western tip of the Toronto Islands is home to the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, more often known as the Toronto Island Airport. The airport is used for [[civil aviation]], including airlines, [[flight training]], [[MEDEVAC|medevac flights]] and [[private aviation]]. Since 1984, it has been used for regional airlines using approved [[STOL]]-type aircraft. In recent years, the airport has become the centre of controversy between those who wish to close it down, and those who want to expand its usage. A plan to construct a road bridge to the airport became a major issue in the [[2003 Toronto municipal election#Mayoral election|2003 election for mayor]], and was cancelled after [[David Miller (Canadian politician)|David Miller]] was elected. A pedestrian tunnel to the airport was opened in July 2015, but does not connect to the rest of the island park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torontoport.com/TorontoPortAuthority/media/TPASiteAssets/news/English-Public-Materials.pdf |title=Innovative New Airport Pedestrian Tunnel a Boost for Passengers and Toronto Economy |publisher=Toronto Port Authority |date=March 9, 2012 |access-date=September 30, 2014 |archive-date=May 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523021803/http://www.torontoport.com/TorontoPortAuthority/media/TPASiteAssets/news/English-Public-Materials.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> A proposal to allow jets at the airport was turned down by the [[Government of Canada]].

===Ferry services===
[[File:In Transit (6307827132).jpg|thumb|A [[Toronto Island ferries|Toronto Island ferry]] departs for the city. [[Ferry|Ferries]], [[water taxi]]s, and private boats is the primary way to get to the islands, with no fixed road link connecting it to the rest of the city.]]
{{Main|Toronto Island ferries}}
There is no fixed road link from the mainland to the Toronto Islands, which therefore rely on [[ferry|ferries]], [[water taxi]]s and other boats for their transport needs.

Three public ferry routes provide links for visitors, island residents, and service vehicles from the [[Jack Layton Ferry Terminal]] on the central [[Toronto waterfront]] to docks at Hanlan's Point, Centre Island Park, and Ward's Island. The only year-round ferry service is to and from Ward's Island. A fourth public ferry service provides a vehicle and passenger connection from a dock at the foot of [[Bathurst Street, Toronto|Bathurst Street]] to the airport. There is no public access between the airport and the rest of the island chain.

In addition to the public ferry services, several [[yacht club]]s and [[marina]]s located on the islands provide private-tender services for their members and guests. In June 2017, Centreville purchased a used ferry boat, the [[Dartmouth III]], from Halifax Transit in Nova Scotia and planned to operate its own service, [[Centreville Amusement Park#Dartmouth III ferry|Toronto Island Transit Service]], to supplement the public ferry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/07/07/toronto-is-getting-a-new-ferry.html|title=Toronto is getting a new ferry|first=Vjosa|last=Isai|date=July 7, 2017|newspaper=Toronto Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dartmouth-iii-ferry-toronto-centre-island-1.4193295|title=Dartmouth ferry set to make slow, long journey to Toronto}}</ref> The ferry arrived in Toronto but due to flooding and the pandemic, it was never used to bring passengers across the harbour.

===Roads===
[[File:Centre Island Toronto.jpg|thumb|upright|Cyclist on Centre Island. Motor vehicles on the Islands are limited to [[City of Toronto government]] service vehicles.]]
Roads on the islands are paved, the only exception being a long wooden boardwalk on the south end of Ward's Island. The use of motor vehicles is limited to [[City of Toronto government]] service vehicles (Parks and Recreation, paramedics etc.), an exception being parking and roadways at the airport. Bicycles are welcome on the ferries and the island, and there are rental bicycles and quadricyles available on the island. Lakeshore Avenue is the main road handling vehicular traffic. The single-lane paved road traverses the east, south and west sides of the park. The six bridges on the island are for pedestrian traffic, bicycles and [[all-terrain vehicles]] only. The bridge carrying traffic from Avenue of the Islands can support large vehicles, but not cars or heavy trucks. Other bridges include:

* two bridges connecting Centre Island with Olympic Island
* bridge along Chippewa Avenue to South Island
* bridge over to Snake Island
* Algonquin Road Bridge to Algonquin Island

The Island Bus runs during Toronto Island Ferry downtime, when ferries cannot operate due to high winds, unfavourable weather conditions, a frozen harbour, or maintenance, on a very occasional basis usually during the winter months. When in use, visitors may cross at Island Airport via tunnel or ferry and take the bus from outside the main terminal. Because the bus crosses live airport runways, each crossing has to be accompanied by an escort.<ref>Buses Worldwide magazine May 2015 {{ISSN|0961-2122}}</ref> Two [[Toronto Transit Commission]] (TTC) GM TC40-102N buses provided service to the Toronto Parks Department for use on the Island during the 1970s. Since they were withdrawn it has become usual for TTC to assign to the Island a bus from a series that is coming to the end of its service life. A GM New Look operated on the Island until Spring 2012 after its regular service ended. [[Orion V]] #7106 was based on the Toronto Islands until it was replaced by [[Orion VII]] OG #7953.

There are fewer restrictions on motor vehicles on the airport lands, with a vehicular ferry providing access to parking lots and service access at the airport, however there is no public road access from the airport lands to the rest of the islands.