Ten of the city’s busiest intersections will be getting improvements, like optimized signal timing and cameras to monitor traffic, in an effort to ease congestion.

"The number one priority for Toronto residents is their ability to move around this city quickly and safely. We’re taking action to keep Toronto moving by targeting some of our most congested intersections in the city," said Mayor John Tory at a news conference on Monday. "Targeting these intersections with common sense solutions is a low-cost, high-impact initiative to get people moving while ensuring public safety."

The ten intersections were identified by Transportation Services using third-party traffic data from apps like Google Maps and Waze. They compared traffic speed during peak morning and afternoon periods against free-flow conditions.

Victoria Park and Finch avenues was one of the busiest intersections.

“It’s crowded. It’s packed. Sometimes I’m coming up on the bus, it takes me about at least 10 minutes from the highway coming over the bridge to get here. At least 10 minutes,” one man, who uses transit in the area told CTV Toronto. “It should just be a minute long ride.”

This intersection, and others, will receive improvements like closed-circuit television cameras, more advanced left turns and retimed traffic signals.

The east-west green lights at Victoria Park and Finch avenues will also be longer during rush hour.

“It’s a balancing act,” Transportation Services director Myles Currie told CTV Toronto. “Right now the data shows that the east-west movement is the priority movement based on volume and experiencing most of the delay. So we do reapportion the time. It’s a bit of a science to balance.”

Some changes are already in place, while others are expected to be completed next year.

The 10 busiest intersections listed by the city are:

• Yonge-Sheppard (Ward 23)

• Black Creek-Lawrence (Ward 12)

• O'Connor-Don Mills (Ward 29)

• Kingston-Lawrence (Ward 43)

• Finch-Victoria Park (Wards 33, 39 and 40)

• Eglinton-Martin Grove (Wards 3 and 4)

• Eastern-Carlaw (Ward 30)

• Mt. Pleasant-St Clair/Moore (Ward 22 and 27)

• Bloor-Parliament (Ward 27 and 28)

• Yonge-Finch (Wards 23 and 24)