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Developing Bikeways:Developing Bikeways:Standards or Innovation?Standards or Innovation?

And Why Not Both?And Why Not Both?

Marc PannetonMarc PannetonPro Walk / Pro Bike 2004Pro Walk / Pro Bike 2004

Victoria, BCVictoria, BC

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Canadian jurisdictionsin transportation

Federal Provincial

Air Maritime Rail Road

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Road Standardization

Normes – Ouvrages routiers in Québec– Road Design– Road Construction– Bridges and Structures– Roadside– Traffic Control Devices– Maintenance– Materials

Design and technical publications of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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Bikeway standards

1990

1996 1999 2001

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Cycling Policy (1995)

2003

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Comparative analysis of documents

Standards– what ought to be done– rigorous– liability– conservative– technical basis– used by transportation

authorities

Guides– what can be done– flexible– references– innovative– comparative basis– used by small

municipalities and organizations

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Adoption Process

Before 1999 MTQ internal committees (one committee for each standards book)

Legislative process for adoption of amendments to the regulation under the Highway Security Code

Thematic tables open to partnership The Highway Security Code refers to the

standards published by the MTQ, thus symplifying amendments

After 1999

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Influence of guides on thestandard adoption process

Proposed amendment

Analysis in committee : Unit producing the

standards Units with the expertise External representatives

Recommendation

Publication of theupdate

•Need within the context of an MTQ project;•Harmonization with VQ Technical Handbook;•New geometric design.

•Presentation to the Committee :argument file;foreign examples;possible applications.

Presentation of the new standard to the authorities (signature)

23 updates between 1999 and 2003

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Example of positive influence

19961992

Adoption of Chapter 15 Bikeways after the Cycling Policy came into force in 1995

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Example of positive influence

19991990

All bikeways traffic control devices, including :

• tourist signs• service

signs

• signal for cyclists and pedestrians

• Route verte signs

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Example of positive influence

2003

2004 update

Definitions Contra-flow bike lanes Interregional destination

signs

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Advantages of the approach

More flexibility in adopting and updating standards;

More design choices for project designers.

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Disadvantages of the approach

Difficulty publishing off-prints (too frequent updates);

Possibility of introducing instability in the normative process.