Bicycle Friendly Guelph Project

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Bicycle Friendly Guelph Project CDES Report May
9th, 2008 Jennifer McDowell - Transportation
Demand Management Coordinator Rajan Philips -
Manager, Transportation and Development
Engineering
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Best Practice Review
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Best Practice Review The 5 Es

• Engineering
• Infrastructure, physical facilities, traffic
  measures
• Encouragement
• Marketing and communications, promotions
• Enforcement
• Conformity to rules of the road
• Education
• Drivers education, public education campaigns
• Evaluation
• Measureables and benchmarking

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Current Daily Modal Split in Guelph (2006)
The 2006 Statistics Canada data indicates 2.4 of
commuters cycle to work. 15 years or older
with usual place of work or no fixed workplace
address.
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University of Guelph TDM Success

• High density and mixed use core area
• Preferential parking for car pools
• Mandatory transit pass for students
• Pilot project for employees
• Parking pricing
• Pedestrian priority
• Bike routes and paths
• No parking supply increase

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Key Objectives

• Establish a Bicycle Transportation Advisory Board
• Develop a comprehensive bicycle transportation
  inventory
• Survey public and user groups
• Determine spatial desire lines for cycling based
  on land use distribution
• To develop complementary educational and social
  marketing programs
• To encourage and foster a culture of cycling in
  Guelph

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Recommendations

• Develop a bicycle transportation plan, financing
  plan, and implementation strategy to make Guelph
  a bicycle-friendly city and achieve a target
  modal share of 3 of all daily trips by 2018
• Establish a Bicycle Transportation Advisory
  Committee to facilitate the development of
  Guelphs bicycle transportation plan.