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BRUA

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BIK

E A

ND

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ED

EST

RIA

N

MA

STE

R P

LA

N

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D2

•W

hat i

s Act

ive

Tran

spor

tatio

n (W

alki

ng &

Cyc

ling)

in

Stra

tford

?

•H

ow is

the

Mas

ter P

lan

bein

g C

ompl

eted

?

•Su

ppor

tive

Polic

ies &

Cyc

ling

and

Pede

stria

n B

est

Prac

tices

•B

enef

its to

Ped

estri

an a

nd C

yclin

g Fa

cilit

ies

•W

ho w

ill th

e U

sers

Be?

•W

hat h

ave

you

told

us t

o da

te?:

Sum

mar

y of

Onl

ine

Que

stio

nnai

re R

esul

ts

•H

ow is

the

Bik

e &

Ped

estri

an N

etw

ork

Bei

ng D

evel

oped

?

•Th

e B

ike

and

Pede

stria

n N

etw

ork

Con

cept

& R

oute

Se

lect

ion

Crit

eria

•Po

tent

ial B

ike

and

Pede

stria

n Fa

cilit

y Ty

pes

•G

roup

Exe

rcis

e

•N

ext S

teps

Age

nda

WH

AT

IS

AC

TIV

E

TR

AN

SPO

RT

AT

ION

(W

AL

KIN

G &

C

YC

LIN

G)

IN

STR

AT

FO

RD

?

3

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D4

Ove

rall

Stud

y G

oal:

“To

deve

lop

a lo

ng te

rm (2

0 ye

ar) s

trate

gic

bicy

cle

and

pede

stria

n m

aste

r pla

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

stra

tegy

for t

he C

ity

of S

tratfo

rd th

at e

ncou

rage

s mor

e ac

tive

lifes

tyle

s by

impr

ovin

g co

nditi

ons f

or w

alki

ng a

nd c

yclin

g fo

r bot

h re

crea

tion

and

trans

porta

tion.

”

Pede

stri

an G

oal:

“To

build

upo

n ex

istin

g pe

dest

rian

faci

litie

s and

reco

mm

end

futu

re

infr

astru

ctur

e lin

ks a

nd p

rogr

amm

ing

(e.g

. way

-fin

ding

sign

ing

stra

tegy

) to

incr

ease

and

impr

ove

pede

stria

n m

obili

ty a

nd a

cces

s to

com

mun

ity

faci

litie

s, at

tract

ions

and

serv

ices

.”

Bic

ycle

Goa

l:“T

o bu

ild u

pon

curr

ent r

oute

s and

fa

cilit

ies t

o de

velo

p a

feas

ible

and

pr

actic

al C

ity-w

ide

bicy

cle

netw

ork,

cy

clin

g su

ppor

tive

polic

ies a

nd a

n im

plem

enta

tion

plan

that

ac

com

mod

ates

resi

dent

s of a

ll ag

es

as w

ell a

s vis

itors

.”

Wha

t is A

ctiv

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion

(Bik

e &

Ped

estr

ian)

in S

trat

ford

?

5

HO

W I

S T

HE

M

AST

ER

PL

AN

B

EIN

G

CO

MP

LE

TE

D?

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D6

How

is th

e M

aste

r Pl

an B

eing

Com

plet

ed?

7

SUP

PO

RT

IVE

P

OL

ICIE

S &

C

UR

RE

NT

BE

ST

PR

AC

TIC

ES

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D8

Ther

e is

sign

ifica

nt su

ppor

t for

act

ive

tran

spor

tatio

n fr

om A

LLle

vels

of g

over

nmen

t.

“Our

vis

ion

is fo

r a sa

fe c

yclin

g ne

twor

k th

at c

onne

cts t

he p

rovi

nce,

fo

r col

lisio

n ra

tes a

nd in

jurie

s to

cont

inue

to d

rop,

and

for

ever

yone

fr

om th

e oc

casi

onal

use

r to

the

daily

co

mm

uter

to fe

el sa

fe w

hen

they

get

on

a b

icyc

le in

Ont

ario

.”(P

rovi

ncia

lC

yclin

g St

rate

gy, 2

012)

“The

prom

otio

n of

act

ive

tran

spor

tatio

nha

s led

to sp

ecia

l em

phas

is o

n on

-roa

d / o

ff-r

oad

faci

litie

sfor

non

-mot

oriz

ed

mov

emen

ts w

ithin

citi

es.”

(T

rans

port

Can

ada,

201

1)

“The

re is

con

side

rabl

e in

tere

st in

mak

ing

com

mun

ities

in P

erth

Cou

nty

bett

er fo

r w

alki

ng, c

yclin

g an

d ac

cess

ibili

tyby

pr

ovid

ing

publ

ic sp

aces

, pro

gram

s and

in

fras

truct

ure

to e

nabl

e a

phys

ical

ly a

ctiv

e co

mm

unity

.”(C

reat

ing

Wal

kabl

e an

d Bi

keab

le C

omm

uniti

es)

“Res

earc

h, re

view

and

dev

elop

oppo

rtun

ities

and

optio

ns fo

rpe

dest

rian

and

cyc

ling

stra

tegi

es.”

(Mas

ter

Tran

spor

tatio

n Pl

an, 2

010)

Otta

wa,

ON

•U

pdat

ing

thei

r Cyc

ling

Mas

ter

Plan

in

2013

to g

uide

in

fras

truct

ure

and

prog

ram

im

plem

enta

tion

•U

pdat

ed c

ity-w

ide

cycl

ing

map

•

Des

igne

d an

d im

plem

ente

d C

ycle

Tr

acks

on

Laur

ier A

ve. &

bui

lt O

sgoo

de&

Pre

scot

t-Rus

sell

Trai

ls

in fo

rmer

rail

corr

idor

s

Wat

erlo

o R

egio

n, O

NG

uelp

h, O

NSa

ult S

te. M

arie

, ON

•Th

ree

of th

e lo

cal m

unic

ipal

ities

ha

ve c

urre

nt A

T Pl

ans

•C

ity o

f Wat

erlo

o re

cent

ly

impl

emen

ted

a C

ompl

ete

Stre

ets

Polic

y•

Reg

ion-

wid

e A

ctiv

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion

Mas

ter P

lan

Upd

ated

in 2

012

•D

evel

oped

firs

t Ped

estri

an

Cha

rter

•U

pdat

ed th

eir C

yclin

g M

aste

r Pl

an (2

011)

•Im

plem

ente

d B

icyc

le-F

riend

ly

Gue

lph

Initi

ativ

e –

a pr

omot

iona

l pu

blic

edu

catio

n ca

mpa

ign

incl

udin

g “h

ow to

” vi

deos

for

bicy

cle

faci

lity

use

•Im

plem

ente

d a

Rai

l with

Tra

il as

pa

rt of

the

Tran

s Can

ada

Trai

l

•D

evel

oped

a c

yclin

g m

aste

r pla

n •

Des

igne

d an

d co

nstru

cted

a C

ity-

wid

e m

ulti-

use

path

way

trai

l (H

UB

Tra

il)•

Dev

elop

ed a

rout

e m

ap to

pr

omot

e tra

il•

Publ

ic su

ppor

t for

HU

B T

rail

led

to in

crea

sed

com

mitm

ent a

nd

mom

entu

m fr

om lo

cal

gove

rnm

ent t

o bu

ild m

ore

AT

infr

astru

ctur

e

Wha

t are

oth

er M

unic

ipal

ities

in O

ntar

io D

oing

?

9

WH

AT

AR

E T

HE

B

EN

EF

ITS

OF

BIK

E

& P

ED

EST

RIA

N

FAC

ILIT

IES

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D10

CO

MM

UN

ITY

H

EA

LTH

ASS

ET

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

CO

MM

UN

ITY

B

UIL

DIN

G

TR

AN

SPO

RT

AT

ION

Prov

ide

the

oppo

rtuni

ty fo

r phy

sica

l ac

tivity

, and

pro

mot

e he

alth

y ac

tive

lifes

tyle

s and

mak

e co

mm

uniti

es m

ore

livea

ble.

Brin

g co

mm

uniti

es to

geth

er.

Trai

l pr

ojec

ts b

uild

com

mun

ity s

pirit

.

Prov

ide

a su

stai

nabl

e al

tern

ativ

e to

tra

vel b

y au

tom

obile

.

Hel

p to

pro

tect

nat

ural

and

cul

tura

l re

sour

ces t

hrou

ghou

t the

com

mun

ity.

Wha

t are

the

Ben

efits

of I

mpl

emen

ting

Bik

e &

Ped

estr

ian

Plan

s?

11

WH

O W

ILL

TH

IS

NE

TW

OR

K B

E

DE

SIG

NE

D F

OR

?

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D12

Who

will

the

Net

wor

k be

Des

igne

d Fo

r?

In t

he

Cit

y of

Str

atfo

rd t

he

use

rs g

rou

ps

are

exp

ecte

d t

o p

rim

arily

incl

ud

e p

edes

tria

ns

and

cyc

lists

bu

t m

ay a

lso

incl

ud

e ot

her

use

rs s

uch

as

in-l

ine

skat

ers

and

ska

teb

oard

ers.

Cyc

lists

:

Util

itaria

n

Recr

eatio

nal

Tour

ing

Ped

estr

ian

s:

Walk

ers

Hik

ers

Jogg

ers /

Run

ner

Stro

ng &

Fe

arles

s<1

%

Enth

used

&

Conf

iden

t5 –

10%

Inte

rest

ed b

ut C

once

rned

60%

No W

ay N

o Ho

w30

%

Pede

stri

ans &

Acc

essi

bilit

y

1.Pe

dest

rian

faci

litie

s sho

uld

be m

ade

acce

ssib

le fo

r all

user

gro

ups,

rang

ing

from

th

e yo

ung

to th

e el

derly

as w

ell a

s tho

se

usin

g m

obili

ty d

evic

es.

2.N

ot a

ll tra

ils c

an b

e m

ade

to b

e ac

cess

ible

, th

eref

ore

sign

ing

is v

ery

impo

rtant

3.Pe

dest

rian

conn

ectio

ns sh

ould

be

prov

ided

to

em

ploy

men

t and

com

mer

cial

nod

es a

s w

ell a

s tra

nsit

stop

s.

“Typ

es”

of C

yclis

ts

13

WH

AT

HA

VE

YO

U

TO

LD

US?

: Q

UE

STIO

NN

AIR

E

RE

SUL

TS

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D

WH

AT

HA

VE

YO

UT

OL

D U

S T

O

DA

TE

?

*The

resu

lts pr

esen

ted ar

e bas

ed on

thos

e gath

ered

as of

Fe

brua

ry 11

th , 20

13. A

total

of 11

3 res

pons

es ha

ve be

en

rece

ived t

o date

.

Res

pond

ents

tend

to:

•B

e be

twee

n th

e ag

es o

f 41

and

54 (4

5%);

•W

alk

and

jog

ever

yday

(56%

) and

cyc

le a

few

tim

es a

wee

k (3

6%);

and

•97

% o

f res

pond

ents

eith

er li

ve in

the

City

or i

n a

mun

icip

ality

ab

uttin

g th

e C

ity.

Que

stio

n #1

7: W

hat i

s yo

ur A

ge G

roup

?

Que

stio

n #2

: How

oft

en d

o yo

u w

alk

or c

ycle

for

com

mut

ing,

re

crea

tiona

l, fit

ness

, tou

rism

, tra

vel o

r ot

her

purp

oses

?

Que

stio

n #1

:Do

you

live

with

in th

e C

ity o

f Str

atfo

rd?

14

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D

WH

AT

HA

VE

YO

UT

OL

D U

S T

O

DA

TE

?

Que

stio

n #4

: Ple

ase

sele

ct th

e re

ason

s why

you

cyc

le in

the

City

of

Str

atfo

rdQ

uest

ion

#3: P

leas

e se

lect

the

reas

ons w

hy y

ou w

alk

in th

e C

ity

of S

trat

ford

Res

pond

ents

to th

e qu

estio

nnai

re te

nd to

wal

k an

d cy

cle

in th

e C

ity m

ainl

y:•

For f

itnes

s or r

ecre

atio

nal p

ursu

its (W

alki

ng(9

5% =

74%

+ 2

1%) a

nd C

yclin

g(9

0% =

58%

+ 3

2%);

and

•To

mak

e tri

ps to

scho

ol, s

hops

, run

err

ands

and

vis

it fr

iend

s (W

alki

ng(9

5% =

47%

+ 4

8%) a

nd C

yclin

g(8

1% =

34%

+ 8

1%).

•G

ener

ally

, res

ults

show

that

resi

dent

s ten

d to

cho

ose

wal

king

mor

e of

ten

than

cyc

ling

for t

heir

day-

to-d

ay a

ctiv

ities

(i.e

. the

resp

onse

rate

for

“nev

er”

is m

uch

low

er fo

r wal

king

than

for c

yclin

g w

ith th

e ex

cept

ion

of “

to g

o to

and

from

wor

k”).

*The

resu

lts pr

esen

ted ar

e bas

ed on

thos

e gath

ered

as of

Fe

brua

ry 11

th , 20

13. A

total

of 11

3 res

pons

es ha

ve be

en

rece

ived t

o date

.

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20%

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50%

60%

70%

80%

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43%

65%

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25%

52%

50%

30%

67%

42%

27%

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18%

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CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D

WH

AT

HA

VE

YO

UT

OL

D U

S T

O

DA

TE

?Q

uest

ion

#5: I

dent

ify th

e nu

mbe

r of

day

s a w

eek

(0-7

) you

trav

el

to a

nd fr

om y

our

plac

e of

wor

k or

scho

ol u

sing

the

follo

win

g m

odes

of t

rans

port

atio

n.R

espo

nses

indi

cate

that

:

•Pe

ople

tend

to d

rive

by th

emse

lves

for t

he m

ajor

ity o

f the

ir tri

ps to

wor

k or

scho

ol d

urin

g th

e w

eek

(3.2

day

s) a

nd

spen

d at

leas

t 2 d

ays a

wee

k on

ave

rage

eng

agin

g in

act

ive

trans

porta

tion

mod

es in

clud

ing

wal

king

/ jog

ging

or

cycl

ing.

•A

lmos

t 55%

of r

espo

nden

ts’ t

rips t

o w

ork

or sc

hool

are

3k

m o

r les

s fro

m th

eir h

ome.

•53

% o

f res

pond

ents

can

acc

ess a

trai

l or c

yclin

g fa

cilit

y in

10

min

utes

or l

ess,

with

25%

(24.

7) re

quire

a 1

0 –

20

min

utes

.

Que

stio

n #7

: How

long

doe

s it t

ake

you

to a

cces

s the

ne

ares

t maj

or b

icyc

le fa

cilit

ies o

r tr

ail b

y fo

ot o

r bi

ke?

Que

stio

n #6

: Wha

t is

the

appr

oxim

ate

dist

ance

from

you

r ho

me

to y

our

wor

kpla

ce /

scho

ol?

*The

resu

lts pr

esen

ted ar

e bas

ed on

thos

e gath

ered

as of

Fe

brua

ry 11

th , 20

13. A

total

of 11

3 res

pons

es ha

ve be

en

rece

ived t

o date

.

16

.00

1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

6.00

7.00

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Jogging

Cycling

Tran

sit�(e

.g.

Bus,�Rail)

Driving�by

Myself

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15.2%

39.4%

27.3%

4.0%

14.1%

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an�1�km

1�–3�km

3�–10

�km

10�–20

�km

Greater�th

an�20�km

20.0%

32.9%

24.7%

10.6%

11.8%

Less�th

an�5�m

inutes

5�–10

�minutes

10�–20

�minutes

20�–30

�minutes

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an�30�minutes

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D

WH

AT

HA

VE

YO

UT

OL

D U

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O

DA

TE

?

Cyc

ling

on R

oads

with

Bik

e L

anes

or

Pave

d Sh

ould

ers

Cyc

ling

on R

oads

with

out B

ike

Lan

es

Cyc

ling

on M

ulti-

use

Tra

ils

Wal

king

/ Jo

ggin

g on

Mul

ti-us

e T

rails

Wal

king

/ Jo

ggin

g on

Sid

ewal

ks

Wal

king

/ Jo

ggin

g on

Pav

ed o

r G

rave

l Sh

ould

ers

Que

stio

n #8

: For

eac

h of

the

follo

win

g ac

tiviti

es p

leas

e in

dica

te h

ow c

omfo

rtab

le y

our

are

part

icip

atin

g in

eac

h.

Res

pons

es in

dica

te th

at:

•R

esid

ents

are

typi

cally

ver

y co

mfo

rtabl

e or

com

forta

ble

cycl

ing

on ro

ads w

ith b

ike

lane

s or p

aved

shou

lder

s (82

%) o

r on

mul

ti-us

e tra

ils (8

2%) o

r w

alki

ng /

jogg

ing

on si

dew

alks

(87%

) or o

n m

ulti-

use

trails

(89%

).

•R

esid

ents

are

ver

y un

com

forta

ble

or u

ncom

forta

ble

cycl

ing

with

out b

ike

lane

s (62

%) o

r wal

king

/ jo

ggin

g on

pav

ed sh

ould

ers (

65%

).

*The

resu

lts pr

esen

ted ar

e bas

ed on

thos

e gath

ered

as of

Fe

brua

ry 11

th , 20

13. A

total

of 11

3 res

pons

es ha

ve be

en

rece

ived t

o date

.

17

53%

29%

8%5%

5%

9%23

%

33%

29%

6%

40%

42%

6%1%

12%

53%

36%

5%0%

7%

37%

50%

7%2%

5%

8%20

%

40%

25%

7%

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D

WH

AT

HA

VE

YO

UT

OL

D U

S T

O

DA

TE

?

Wal

king

Que

stio

n #9

: Sho

uld

the

City

of S

trat

ford

inve

st in

impr

ovem

ents

to p

rovi

de m

ore

cycl

ing

and

wal

king

opp

ortu

nitie

s th

roug

hout

the

City

and

to su

rrou

ndin

g co

mm

uniti

es?

Cyc

ling

Res

pons

es in

dica

te th

at:

•96

% e

ither

stro

ngly

agr

ee o

r agr

ee w

ith a

n in

vest

men

t in

cycl

ing;

and

•92

% e

ither

stro

ngly

agr

ee o

r agr

ee w

ith a

n in

vest

men

t in

wal

king

.

*The

resu

lts pr

esen

ted ar

e bas

ed on

thos

e gath

ered

as of

Fe

brua

ry 11

th , 20

13. A

total

of 11

3 res

pons

es ha

ve be

en

rece

ived t

o date

.

57%

35%

6%3%

Strongly�Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly�Disa

gree

86%

10%

2%2%

Strongly�Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly�Disa

gree

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D

WH

AT

HA

VE

YO

UT

OL

D U

S T

O

DA

TE

?Q

uest

ion

#10:

Ple

ase

indi

cate

ho

w im

port

ant e

ach

of th

e fo

llow

ing

reas

ons a

re fo

r de

velo

ping

a B

ike

and

Pede

stri

an M

aste

r Pl

an fo

r th

e C

ity o

f Str

atfo

rd?

Res

pons

es in

dica

te th

at:

•Th

e bi

ke a

nd p

edes

trian

m

aste

r pla

n sh

ould

be

deve

lope

d to

:

•Im

prov

e w

alki

ng a

nd

cycl

ing

as a

tra

nspo

rtatio

n op

tion

(94%

);

•Pr

ovid

e pl

aces

to w

alk

and

cycl

e w

ithin

the

com

mun

ity (9

7%);

•Im

prov

e th

e qu

ality

of

life

of re

side

nts (

94%

); an

d

•C

onne

ct c

hild

ren

and

yout

h to

scho

ols

(95%

).

*The

resu

lts pr

esen

ted ar

e bas

ed on

thos

e gath

ered

as of

Fe

brua

ry 11

th , 20

13. A

total

of 11

3 res

pons

es ha

ve be

en

rece

ived t

o date

.

19

0%10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

To�provide

places�to

�walk

and�cycle

with

in�th

ecommun

ity

To�im

prove

the�qu

ality

�of

life�an

d�he

alth

of�citizens

To�con

nect�th

eCity�with

surrou

nding

mun

icipalities

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prove

walking

�and

cycling�as

tran

sportatio

nop

tions�in�th

eCity

To�provide

access�to

historical�/

cultu

ral

destinations

and�supp

ort

tourism

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nect

youth�an

dseniors�to�key

locatio

nsthrougho

utthe�City

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nect

children�an

dyouth�to

scho

ols

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nect

commuters

with

�Transit

and�alternate

mod

es�of

tran

sportatio

n

To�con

nect

existing

parkland

�and

recreatio

nal

facilities

Other

86%

82%

36%

85%

44%

40%

74%

51%

66%

68%

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%

34%

9%

43%

39%

21%

37%

26%

4%

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23%

4%

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%

3%8%

6%

11%

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0%

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portan

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portan

t

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OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D

WH

AT

HA

VE

YO

UT

OL

D U

S T

O

DA

TE

?

Que

stio

n #1

2: W

hat a

re th

e to

p 3

loca

tions

in th

e C

ity o

f St

ratf

ord

or w

ithin

the

surr

ound

ing

com

mun

ities

to b

ike

or w

alk

to?

Com

mon

Ans

wer

s illu

stra

ted

belo

w.

Que

stio

n #1

3: W

hat a

re th

e 3

mos

t im

port

ant

loca

tions

whe

re im

prov

emen

ts n

eed

to b

e m

ade

to

mak

e th

e C

ity o

f Str

atfo

rd m

ore

wal

kabl

e an

d bi

keab

le?

•A

pat

h be

twee

n Je

nann

e Su

bdiv

isio

n an

d th

e D

ownt

own

•A

cro

ssw

alk

at M

orni

ngto

n an

d Pr

ince

ss S

treet

•A

cro

ssw

alk

from

Hur

on S

treet

to H

untin

gdon

St

reet

•R

epai

rs to

une

ven

side

wal

ks

•Pe

dest

rian

faci

litie

s on

Rom

eo S

treet

•A

cces

s to

City

map

s of e

xist

ing

pede

stria

n ro

utes

•Sn

ow re

mov

al o

n ex

istin

g pe

dest

rian

rout

es

•A

cces

s to

Ham

let P

ublic

Sch

ool

•A

cro

ssw

alk

acce

ss d

ownt

own

from

City

Hal

l

•En

hanc

emen

ts to

Lor

ne A

venu

e fr

om E

rie S

treet

to

Hom

e St

reet

(i.e

.) si

dew

alks

*The

resu

lts pr

esen

ted ar

e bas

ed on

thos

e gath

ered

as of

Fe

brua

ry 11

th , 20

13. In

total

113 r

espo

nses

have

been

rece

ived

to the

onlin

e que

stion

naire

to da

te.

20

21

HO

W I

S T

HE

BIK

E &

P

ED

EST

RIA

N

NE

TW

OR

K B

EIN

G

DE

VE

LO

PE

D?

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D22

How

is th

e B

ike

& P

edes

tria

n N

etw

ork

Bei

ng D

evel

oped

?

Step

1:

Prep

are

Bas

e M

appi

ng

•Ex

istin

g on

and

off-

road

Bik

e an

d Pe

dest

rian

Faci

litie

s; a

nd•

Any

kno

wn

plan

ned

on a

nd o

ff-ro

ad fa

cilit

ies.

Step

2:

Rou

te S

elec

tion

Prin

cipl

es

Step

3:

Can

dida

te R

oute

s

Step

4:

Fiel

d R

evie

ws

Step

5:

Prep

are

Dra

ft R

oute

Net

wor

k•

Sele

ct a

lignm

ents

; and

•O

n an

d of

f-ro

ad d

esig

natio

n.

Step

6:

Det

erm

ine

Faci

lity

Type

s•

Bik

e La

ne, P

aved

Sho

ulde

r, Si

gned

Rou

te, M

ulti-

use

Trai

l et

c.

Step

7:

Det

erm

ine

Prio

ritie

s (Im

plem

enta

tion

Plan

)

Step

8:

App

ly U

nit C

ostin

g to

arr

ive

at O

pini

on o

f C

ost

for

Net

wor

k Im

plem

enta

tion

Step

9:Fi

naliz

e 5,

6, 7

, 8

CONSULTATION

23

BIK

E &

PE

DE

STR

IAN

N

ET

WO

RK

C

ON

CE

PT

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D24

Rou

te S

elec

tion

C

rite

ria?

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isibl

e�

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ecte

d/Li

nked

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asy

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ess

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tegr

ated

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iver

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ffect

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ety

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ttrac

tive

&

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rest

ing

25

PO

TE

NT

IAL

BIK

E &

P

ED

EST

RIA

N

FAC

ILIT

Y T

YP

ES

CITY

OF

STRA

TFO

RD |

BIK

E A

ND

PE

DE

STRI

AN

MA

STE

R PL

AN

| M

MM

GRO

UP

LIM

ITE

D26

Wh

at a

re t

he

Pot

enti

al A

ctiv

e T

ran

spor

tati

on F

acili

ty T

ypes

?

Sign

ed B

icyc

le

Rou

teSi

gned

Rou

te w

ith

Shar

row

Sym

bol

Pave

d Sh

ould

erB

ike

Lan

eSe

para

ted

Bik

e L

ane

/ Cyc

le

Tra

ck

Mul

ti-us

e T

rail

in

Roa

d R

ight

-of-

Way

Mul

ti-us

e T

rail

outs

ide

of R

oad

Rig

ht-o

f-W

ay

•B

icyc

les

and

mot

or v

ehic

les

shar

e th

e tra

vel l

ane,

no

phys

ical

spa

ce

crea

ted

for b

icyc

les

•N

o pa

vem

ent m

arki

ngs

for

bicy

cles

•S

uppl

emen

ted

by B

icyc

le R

oute

si

gns

•Ty

pica

l for

urb

an re

side

ntia

l st

reet

s w

here

mot

or v

ehic

le tr

affic

vo

lum

es a

nd s

peed

s ar

e lo

w, a

nd

rura

l roa

ds w

here

traf

fic v

olum

es

are

low

•P

edes

trian

s us

e th

e si

dew

alks

in

urba

n ar

eas

, and

may

use

the

road

sho

ulde

r in

rura

l are

as

•S

imila

r cha

ract

eris

tics

to th

e S

igne

d R

oute

on

a re

gula

r wid

th la

ne

and/

or th

e si

gned

rout

e on

a w

ide

lane

, bic

ycle

s an

d m

otor

veh

icle

s sh

are

the

trave

l lan

e

•G

ood

solu

tion

for u

rban

do

wnt

own/

mai

n st

reet

are

as w

here

on

-stre

et p

arki

ng c

an’t

be re

mov

ed

to im

plem

ent b

ike

lane

s an

d m

otor

ve

hicl

e tra

ffic

is m

ovin

g sl

owly

•Th

e ‘S

harro

w’ o

r Sha

red

Use

Lan

e m

arki

ng/s

ymbo

l on

the

road

sur

face

in

dica

tes

to m

otor

ists

that

cyc

lists

ar

e us

ing

the

sam

e sp

ace

as

mot

oris

ts

•P

lace

men

t of t

he S

harro

w s

ymbo

l in

dica

tes

to c

yclis

ts w

here

they

sh

ould

be

trave

ling

on th

e ro

ad

(e.g

. app

roxi

mat

ely

1.0m

from

the

curb

whe

re th

ere

is n

o on

-stre

et

park

ing,

3.4

m fr

om th

e cu

rb w

here

th

ere

is o

n-st

reet

par

king

on

a m

ulti-

lane

road

)

•P

edes

trian

s us

e th

e si

dew

alks

in

urba

n ar

eas

•C

yclis

ts tr

avel

on

the

pave

d as

phal

t sho

ulde

r bey

ond

the

whi

te ‘E

dge

Line

’

•Ty

pica

l on

a ru

ral c

ross

-sec

tion

road

(no

curb

s) w

here

mot

or

vehi

cle

traffi

c vo

lum

e an

d sp

eeds

are

hig

her

•A

lthou

gh n

ot a

des

igna

ted

spac

e th

e pa

ved

shou

lder

pro

vide

s a

conv

enie

nt lo

catio

n fo

r cyc

lists

to

trave

l

•O

ther

ben

efits

incl

ude

a re

duct

ion

in th

e am

ount

of

mai

nten

ance

requ

ired

on th

e gr

avel

sho

ulde

rs; e

xten

ding

the

serv

ice

life

of th

e ro

ad a

s he

avy

vehi

cles

are

trav

ellin

g fu

rther

aw

ay fr

om ro

ad e

dge,

and

re

duci

ng ru

n -o

ff-th

e -ro

ad

mot

or v

ehic

le a

ccid

ents

•W

idth

of s

houl

der s

houl

d be

in

crea

sed

whe

re m

otor

veh

icle

tra

ffic

volu

mes

are

hig

her,

may

in

clud

e a

pain

ted

buffe

r

•S

uppl

emen

t with

Bik

e R

oute

S

igns

and

/or S

hare

the

Roa

d S

igns

•P

edes

trian

s m

ay u

se th

e pa

ved

shou

lder

or r

emai

ning

gra

vel

shou

lder

•C

yclis

ts tr

avel

in a

ded

icat

ed

spac

e in

the

trave

led

porti

on o

f the

ro

ad

•M

otor

veh

icle

s ar

e no

t per

mitt

ed

to p

ark

or s

tand

in th

e bi

ke la

ne

•Ty

pica

l on

an u

rban

cro

ss-s

ectio

n ro

ad w

here

mot

or v

ehic

le tr

affic

vo

lum

e an

d sp

eeds

are

hig

her

than

typi

cal t

hres

hold

val

ues

for

shar

ed s

pace

rout

es

•O

ne w

ay fa

cilit

y on

eac

h si

de o

f th

e ro

ad

•W

idth

of b

ike

lane

sho

uld

be

incr

ease

d (to

a m

axim

um o

f 2.0

m)

whe

re m

otor

veh

icle

traf

fic

volu

mes

, per

cent

ages

of t

ruck

san

d co

mm

erci

al v

ehic

les

and

m

otor

veh

icle

spe

eds

are

high

er

•A

ltern

ativ

ely

a bu

ffer z

one

can

be

intro

duce

d be

twee

n th

e m

otor

ve

hicl

e la

ne a

nd th

e bi

ke la

ne to

fu

rther

incr

ease

the

spac

e/se

para

tion

betw

een

the

cycl

ist a

nd m

otor

veh

icle

s

•P

edes

trian

s us

e si

dew

alks

in

urba

n ar

eas

(sid

ewal

ks w

ould

be

inst

alle

d at

leas

t on

one

side

of t

he

road

alo

ng d

esig

nate

d A

T ro

utes

w

here

non

e cu

rrent

ly e

xist

ing

in

the

urba

n ar

ea)

•C

yclis

ts tr

avel

in a

ded

icat

ed

and

sepa

rate

d sp

ace

in th

e tra

vele

d po

rtion

of t

he ro

ad

•S

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