Shawn Smith

Program Manager, Active &

Sustainable Transportation

shawn.smith@york.ca

905.830.4444 x5051

York Region Update to

Vaughan Cycling Forum - Nov 27, 2013 -

Overview Cycling in Vaughan

Outreach

Regional infrastructure projects

CYCLING IN VAUGHAN

What gets measured, gets improved

Why measure?

Funding & policy decisions

To show changes over time

Facility design Planning

Impact

Cordon Counts – Cyclists (May/June 2011)

19

19

10

46

4 7 4 2 9

1

12

80

74 66 69 69 73 92 69 64 69

93

94

26

645

Bike Counting Pilot Project

Dufferin Street @ Glen Shields Wed, Nov 20, 2013

14 Cyclists Southbound

24 Cyclists Northbound

0

5

10

15

20

25

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Reported Bicycle Collisions in Vaughan

Average = 16 collisions/year

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160

Aurora

East Gwillimbury

Georgina

King

Markham

Newmarket

Richmond Hill

Vaughan

Whitchurch-Stouffville

Reported Bicycle Collisions (2007 - 2012)

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

Bicycle Collisions in York Region Normalized by Population

(2007-2012)

Vaughan - Oct 7, 2005 – Dufferin/Langstaff

- June 26, 2009 – Hwy 7/Islington

- Aug 24, 2010 – Hwy 27/Rutherford

0

1

2

3

4

5

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Cycling Deaths in York Region

OUTREACH

BikeFest at Joseph A. Gibson Public School - June 25, 2013

REGIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Major Mackenzie Dr multi-use path - Islington to Weston, paved shoulder - Hwy 50 to Islington

Bathurst St bike lanes – north of Hwy 7 to Major Mackenzie multi-use path - Major Mackenzie to Elgin Mills

Keele St buffered bike lanes - Steeles to Hwy 7

Upcoming Projects

Highway 7 Raised bike lanes – Helen to Edgeley, Bowes to Bathurst Buffered bike lanes – Edgeley to Bowes

vivaNext Rapidway Corridors

23

Bike Box Communication Plan • Postcard

• Website

• Video

• Social Media

• Media

• Signage

• Municipalities

Curb inset two-stage turn boxes coming in 2014

H2 Corridor

26

Project Description:

Highway 7 from Pine Valley Drive to Edgeley Boulevard

Centre Street from Highway 7 to Bathurst Street

Bathurst Street from Centre Street to Highway 7

Highway 7 from Bathurst Street to Yonge Street (Richmond Hill Terminal)

Construction from 2016 to 2019

Buffered Bike Lane Raised Bike Lane

Shawn Smith Program Manager, Active & Sustainable Transportation

shawn.smith@york.ca

905.830.4444 x5051