Bu

ild

ing

Ma

rkh

am

’s F

utu

re T

og

eth

er

Pre

se

nta

tio

n o

f D

raft

Fin

al P

lan

Co

mm

un

ity M

eeti

ng

s

Fall

2011

2

Pre

se

nta

tio

n O

ve

rvie

w

Pu

rpo

se

an

d S

co

pe

of

MT

SP

Pro

ce

ss

an

d T

ime

lin

es

Str

ate

gic

Po

lic

y D

ire

cti

on

s

Str

ate

gic

Pla

n E

lem

en

ts

Are

a S

pecif

ic Issu

es

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lem

en

tati

on

an

d P

ha

sin

g

Clo

sin

g R

em

ark

s

3

Wh

y a

Str

ate

gic

Pla

n?

Th

e M

TS

P is

in

ten

de

d t

o:

Re

sp

on

d to

Pro

vin

cia

l re

qu

ire

me

nt fo

r lo

ng

-te

rm la

nd

use

pro

jectio

ns

an

d tra

nsp

ort

atio

n p

olic

ies

Se

t o

ut a

vis

ion

fo

r tr

an

sp

ort

atio

n in

Ma

rkh

am

En

su

re fu

ture

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n n

ee

ds a

re a

nticip

ate

d a

s th

e T

ow

n

imp

lem

en

ts its

fu

ture

gro

wth

pla

n

De

fin

e p

rio

ritie

s a

nd

me

et re

qu

ire

me

nts

fo

r fu

nd

ing

by M

etr

olin

x, Y

ork

R

eg

ion

Me

et su

sta

ina

bili

ty o

bje

ctive

s

4

Evo

luti

on

of

MT

SP

an

d R

ela

ted

Pla

nn

ing

In

itia

tive

s

Me

tro

linx T

he B

ig M

ove

20

07

20

08

20

09

20

10

20

11

20

12

Yo

rk R

eg

ion T

MP

Ma

rkh

am

Gro

wth

Ma

na

ge

me

nt S

tra

teg

y

(GM

S)

Yo

rk R

eg

iona

l O

ffic

ial

Pla

n U

pda

te

Ma

rkh

am

Gre

en

prin

t

Ma

rkha

m T

ran

sp

ort

ation S

trate

gic

Pla

n

Pla

ces to

Gro

w

Ma

rkh

am

Off

icia

l Pla

n

5

Ke

y N

ee

ds

an

d O

pp

ort

un

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s

Up

to

15

0,0

00

new

res

ide

nts

an

d 1

00

,00

0

job

s

Da

ily a

uto

tri

ps

are

pro

jec

ted

to

in

cre

as

e b

y

60%

co

mp

are

d t

o t

od

ay, if

ex

isti

ng

tre

nd

s c

on

tin

ue

Tra

ns

it t

rip

s p

roje

cte

d t

o

trip

le

* In

clu

de

s trip

s to

, fr

om

and

with

in M

ark

ham

, b

ut n

ot “t

hro

ug

h trip

s”

6

Ch

an

gin

g H

ow

We

Mo

ve

We

mu

st

ch

an

ge

to

ke

ep

Ma

rkh

am

mo

vin

g –

bu

t h

ow

?

•M

an

ag

e C

on

ge

stio

n a

nd

im

pro

ve

“p

ers

on

” ca

rryin

g c

ap

acity

–In

cre

ased tra

vel choic

es,

car

ow

ners

hip

attitudes, altern

ative t

ravel tim

es,

trip

re

duction,

accepting c

ongestion,

explo

ring d

iffe

rent

modes

•B

uild

tra

nsit-o

rie

nte

d c

om

mu

nitie

s a

nd

a tra

nsit c

ultu

re

–R

ecogniz

e t

hat

Mark

ham

’s g

row

th w

ill b

e incre

asin

gly

relia

nt

on t

ransit

access a

nd u

se,

invest in

im

pro

ved s

erv

ice a

nd infr

astr

uctu

re,

encoura

ge

support

ive land u

ses

7

Str

ate

gic

Dir

ec

tio

ns

En

ha

nce

life

sty

le a

nd

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n c

ho

ice

s

by d

eve

lop

ing

mo

re p

ed

estr

ian

an

d tra

nsit-

orie

nte

d u

se

s

En

su

re a

ph

ysic

ally

, s

ocia

lly a

nd

e

co

no

mic

ally

eq

uita

ble

an

d a

cce

ssib

le

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n s

yste

m

Imp

rove

th

e e

ffic

ien

cy a

nd

utiliz

atio

n o

f th

e

exis

ting tra

nsport

ation s

yste

m

Esta

blis

h local polic

ies a

nd p

lans that ta

ke

ad

va

nta

ge

of

reg

ion

al in

itia

tive

s a

nd

in

ve

stm

en

ts

Re

-prio

ritize

in

ve

stm

en

ts in

th

e tra

nsp

ort

atio

n

syste

m

8

Ove

rvie

w o

f D

raft

MT

SP

•A

rtic

ula

tes h

igh-level vis

ion,

but

als

o a

ction

-

oriente

d

•B

uild

s o

n Y

ork

Regio

n a

nd M

etr

olin

x p

lans

•In

tegra

ted w

ith land u

se

•In

clu

des p

ilot

pro

jects

whic

h a

im t

o test

new

and

innovative t

ransport

ation initia

tives

•B

uild

s o

n G

reenprint

obje

ctives

•Im

ple

menta

tion p

lan incorp

ora

tes f

inancia

l

assessm

ent

and o

ther

sta

kehold

er

involv

em

ent

9

Str

ate

gic

Pla

n E

lem

en

ts

•T

ran

sit

an

d P

ed

es

tria

n-O

rien

ted

De

ve

lop

me

nt

•T

ran

sit

•C

yc

lin

g

•R

oa

ds

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ark

ing

•T

ran

sp

ort

ati

on

De

ma

nd

Ma

na

ge

me

nt

(TD

M)

•G

oo

ds

Mo

ve

me

nt

•R

oa

d S

afe

ty

•In

tellig

en

t T

ran

sp

ort

ati

on

Sys

tem

s

•F

un

din

g S

tra

teg

y

•P

ha

sin

g/Im

ple

me

nta

tio

n

10

Tra

ns

it a

nd

Pe

de

str

ian

-Ori

en

ted

De

ve

lop

me

nt

•C

ontinue t

o inte

gra

te land u

se p

lannin

g into

transport

ation p

lannin

g p

rocess

•U

pdate

zonin

g b

y-law

s t

o a

ddre

ss M

TS

P

recom

mendations (

e.g

. T

DM

, P

ark

ing)

•E

ncoura

ge h

igh level of pedestr

ian p

riorities

and a

menitie

s

•Im

ple

ment

built

-in t

raff

ic c

alm

ing in n

ew

neig

hbourh

oods t

o s

upport

walk

able

environ

ments

(e.g

. ro

und a

bouts

, narr

ow

er

str

eets

, etc

.) a

nd r

evie

w n

eeds f

or

exis

ting

neig

hbourh

oods

•C

onduct

co

mm

unity w

alk

ab

ility

audits

•R

evie

w s

tandard

s f

or

the p

rovis

ion a

nd

ma

inte

nance o

f pedestr

ian infr

astr

uctu

re

11

Tra

ns

it

•A

dopt a t

ransit f

irst appro

ach t

o a

ll m

unic

ipal

initia

tives

•D

em

onstr

ate

leaders

hip

by im

ple

menting b

old

me

asure

s t

o s

upport

tra

nsit

•A

dvocate

for

prioritization a

nd f

undin

g o

f ra

pid

transit p

roje

cts

•A

dvocate

fo

r all-

day G

O R

ail

serv

ice a

nd

ele

ctr

ific

ation lin

es

•E

xplo

re f

easib

ility

of sm

art

shutt

les t

o s

erv

e

Langsta

ff,

Mark

ham

Centr

e a

nd e

xis

ting

co

mm

unitie

s w

ithout

good t

ransit

•W

ork

with G

O T

ransit, Y

RT

/Viv

a a

nd T

TC

to

addre

ss r

egio

nal fa

re inte

gra

tion a

nd

elim

ination o

f double

fare

at

Ste

ele

s

12

Fu

ture

Ra

pid

Tra

ns

it N

etw

ork

(to

20

31

)

13

Fu

ture

Ra

pid

Tra

ns

it N

etw

ork

w

ith

Urb

an

Str

uc

ture

14

Cyc

lin

g

•Im

ple

ment

Tow

n’s

Cyclin

g M

aste

r P

lan

•P

rovid

e g

reate

r priority

to c

yclin

g o

n R

egio

nal

and T

ow

n r

oads

•D

evelo

p b

icycle

priority

ro

ute

s t

o G

O R

ail

Sta

tion

s a

nd f

utu

re s

ubw

ay s

tations a

nd

transit h

ubs

•A

ddre

ss g

aps b

etw

een u

rban c

yclin

g n

etw

ork

and p

ath

wa

ys n

etw

ork

•A

dopt bic

ycle

park

ing a

nd a

menity s

tandard

s

in z

onin

g b

y-law

s

•R

evie

w r

oad m

ain

tenance a

nd s

now

cle

aring

to p

rovid

e g

reate

r priority

for

cyclin

g r

oute

s

•E

sta

blis

h a

nd e

nfo

rce p

ark

ing r

estr

ictions in

bik

e lanes

15

Ro

ad

s

•Im

ple

ment

local ro

ad im

pro

vem

ents

to

su

pport

develo

pm

ent

and incre

ased

connectivity.

•S

upport

sele

ctive r

oad c

ap

acity

enhancem

ents

on r

egio

nal ro

ads.

•A

dopt a c

om

ple

te s

treets

po

licy t

o

bala

nce m

obili

ty b

etw

een m

odes a

nd

incre

ase s

afe

ty f

or

all

users

and

positio

nin

g s

treets

as p

laces w

ithin

our

co

mm

unitie

s. U

pdate

roadw

ay d

esig

n

sta

ndard

s to r

eflect

the p

olic

y.

•M

anage c

ongestion t

o o

bta

in a

n o

ptim

al

leve

l of

se

rvic

e a

nd e

nsuring m

itig

ation

me

asure

s a

re in p

lace

16

Ro

ad

Ne

two

rk (

Cu

rre

nt

Pla

ns

)

17

Re

fin

ing

th

e R

oa

d N

etw

ork

Pla

n

Bayv

iew

-S

teele

sto

Hw

y 7

Short

term

: T

ransit q

ueue jum

p

lanes a

t in

ters

ections

Long term

: M

onitor

need for

HO

V/tra

nsit im

pro

vem

ents

Leslie -

Ste

ele

sto

Hw

y 7

Continue to p

rote

ct fo

r ra

pid

transit a

nd a

ctive

transport

ation

Ken

ned

y -

Ste

ele

s

to H

wy 7

Wid

en for

transit/H

OV

Ken

ned

y -

Hw

y 7

to

Majo

r M

ac

Short

Term

: In

ters

ection

Impro

vem

ents

Long term

: P

rote

ct fo

r

transit/H

OV

im

pro

vem

ents

McC

ow

an

-S

teele

sto

Hw

y 7

Wid

en for

tra

nsit/H

OV

subje

ct to

Metr

olin

x P

lans

McC

ow

an

-H

wy 7

to

Majo

r M

ac

Short

Term

: In

ters

ection

Impro

vem

ents

Long term

: P

rote

ct fo

r

transit/H

OV

impro

vem

ents

16

thA

ve –

Leslie t

o

Wo

od

bin

e

Wid

en for

HO

V

16

thA

ve –

Wo

od

bin

e t

o

Mark

ham

Bo

un

dary

Short

Term

: In

ters

ection

impro

vem

ents

as r

equired

18

Wh

at

co

uld

ro

ad

wid

en

ing

lo

ok

lik

e?

Op

tio

n 1

Exp

an

din

g a

rte

ria

l ro

ad

s

to s

ix lanes c

ould

pro

vid

e

bu

s/H

OV

lan

es to

en

co

ura

ge

mo

de

sh

ift,

wh

ile r

eta

inin

g s

ide

wa

lk

wid

ths a

nd

in

tro

du

cin

g

bik

e la

ne

s

Op

tio

n 2

Exp

an

d a

nd

imp

rove

pe

de

str

ian

an

d c

yclin

g

rea

lms w

hile

pro

vid

ing

tra

nsit q

ue

ue

-ju

mp

lan

es a

t

congeste

d in

ters

ections

Bik

e p

ath

in

Bo

ule

vard

Bik

e p

ath

in

Bo

ule

vard

19

Sh

ort

Te

rm P

rio

riti

es

Qu

eu

e-j

um

p L

an

es

Exp

an

ds

roa

dw

ay a

t

inte

rse

ctio

ns o

nly

, a

nd

with

a d

ed

ica

ted

tra

nsit s

ign

al,

allo

ws b

use

s to

byp

ass

co

ng

este

d in

ters

ectio

ns

Ex

pa

nd

ed

Pe

de

str

ian

Re

alm

Pro

vid

ew

ide

r

sid

ew

alk

s a

nd

bo

ule

va

rds, m

ore

str

ee

t tr

ee

s

Intr

od

uc

e

Cyc

lin

g

Infr

as

tru

ctu

re

Pro

vid

e a

sa

fe

an

d c

on

ne

cte

d

bik

ew

ay n

etw

ork

Inte

llig

en

t

Tra

ns

po

rta

tio

n

Sys

tem

s (

ITS

)

Ap

ply

in

no

va

tio

n in

tech

no

logy to

imp

rove

syste

m

ma

na

ge

me

nt a

nd

op

era

tio

n a

nd

info

rma

tion

20

Pa

rkin

g

•P

ark

ing

ma

na

ge

me

nt is

a k

ey c

ou

ncil

pri

ority

•R

evis

e p

ark

ing s

tandard

s a

nd incorp

ora

te into

zo

nin

g b

y-l

aw

•E

xp

an

d m

un

icip

ally

-ow

ne

d p

ark

ing

su

pp

ly

•O

ptim

ize

su

pp

ly a

nd

use

of o

n-s

tre

et p

ark

ing

•F

ina

lize

pa

rkin

g g

ove

rna

nce

mo

de

ls, in

clu

din

g

an

op

tio

n fo

r a

Pa

rkin

g A

uth

ori

ty

–P

repare

a b

usin

ess p

lan f

or

munic

ipal park

ing

opera

tion in c

om

munitie

s s

uch a

s M

ark

ham

Centr

e, Langsta

ffand e

mplo

ym

ent

centr

es

21

Tra

ns

po

rta

tio

n D

em

an

d M

an

ag

em

en

t (T

DM

)

•R

eq

uir

e tra

ve

l p

lan

s to

be

in

teg

rate

d in

to d

eve

lop

me

nt

ag

ree

me

nts

, in

clu

din

g u

se

of sh

uttle

se

rvic

es

•E

nh

an

ce

wo

rkp

lace

ou

tre

ach

pro

gra

ms th

rou

gh

Sm

art

Co

mm

ute

Ma

rkh

am

Ric

hm

on

d H

ill -

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n

Ma

na

ge

me

nt A

sso

cia

tio

n

–P

rom

otion o

f car-

poolin

g, flexib

le w

ork

hours

, em

erg

ency r

ide h

om

e

•W

ork

with

sch

oo

ls to

de

ve

lop

tra

ve

l p

lan

s

•W

ork

with

re

gio

na

l a

nd

lo

ca

l p

art

ne

rs to

en

ga

ge

ho

use

ho

lds

thro

ug

h in

div

idu

aliz

ed

ma

rke

tin

g p

rog

ram

s

–P

ilot pro

ject bein

g im

ple

mente

d in C

orn

ell

•C

on

tin

ue

pu

blic

ou

tre

ach

pro

gra

ms a

t sp

ecia

l e

ve

nts

22

Are

a S

pe

cif

ic P

lan

s

•P

rovid

e b

roa

d r

eco

mm

en

da

tio

ns fo

r n

ew

gro

wth

are

as

(e.g

. m

ajo

r ro

ad

im

pro

ve

me

nts

, cyclin

g p

lan

s, tr

an

sit

co

nn

ectio

ns, ke

y p

olic

y d

ire

ctio

ns);

De

tails

to

be

re

fin

ed

thro

ug

h s

eco

nd

ary

pla

ns

•C

on

tin

ue

to

en

ha

nce

mu

ltim

od

al o

ptio

ns fo

r in

ten

sific

atio

n

are

as w

hile

pro

tectin

g

sta

ble

are

as fro

m

traffic

gro

wth

•R

efin

e c

olle

cto

r

roa

d p

lan

s

23

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

an

d P

ha

sin

g C

on

sid

era

tio

ns

•G

row

th M

an

ag

em

en

t P

lan

ha

s c

ap

acity fo

r

15

0,0

00

ne

w r

esid

en

ts a

nd

10

0,0

00

jo

bs to

20

31

•S

usta

ina

ble

tra

nsp

ort

atio

n s

yste

m to

acco

mm

od

ate

gro

wth

is c

on

tin

ge

nt o

n

pla

nn

ed

ra

pid

tra

nsit im

pro

ve

me

nts

an

d

behavio

ur

shifts

•P

rop

ose

d a

pp

roa

ch

is t

o tie

de

ve

lop

me

nt

leve

ls in

gro

wth

are

as to

tra

nsit in

fra

str

uctu

re

an

d m

od

al sh

are

s

•S

taff d

o n

ot re

co

mm

en

d d

eve

lop

me

nt

ph

asin

g fo

r e

mp

loym

en

t la

nd

s

24

Fu

nd

ing

Str

ate

gie

s

•A

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