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New Street Cycling Lanes

Burlington Cycling Committee Delegation to D & I Committee February 18, 2016

Cycling Master Plan

Proposed bike lanes on fast, busy roads:

• Lakeshore Rd
• New St
• Fairview St
• Harvester Rd
• Appleby Line
• Walkers Line
• Guelph Line
• Brant St
• Mainway
• And others…

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What we’ve been building

Bike lane Enhanced sharrow* Fairview Street, West of Guelph Line * Underneath the car

Who we’re building for

Likely to use cycling infrastructure

• n Fairview Rd
• n Fairview Rd

Source: Cycling Master Plan

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Ontario Traffic Manual

Fairview St Source: Ontario Traffic Manual Book 18

What will attract cyclists?

Source: “The BICE study”, University of British Columbia

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Protected bike lanes

Richmond/Adelaide/Simcoe, Toronto

Cycle tracks

Churchill Avenue, Ottawa

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Richmond/Adelaide Success

Cycling traffic Cycling traffic tripled

And:

• No impact on traffic flow
• “How safe and comfortable do you

feel?” from 3.6/10 to 8.3/10

• 64% of people who do not bike

agreed cycle tracks should be made permanent

How to “do it right”

• Find more space ($$$)

– Widen the roadway – Build in the boulevard

• Make better use of the existing space ($)

– Reconfigure 4/5 lane roads as 3 lanes – Reconfigure 4/5 lane roads as 3 lanes – (If feasible, given traffic volumes)

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Recommendations

• Use New Street to showcase these concepts

– Important East‐West route. One of cycling committee’s top priorities. – No dependencies on MTO – Aligns with resurfacing work beginning this year – Traffic volumes are low compared to other major p j arterials

Martha to Guelph Line

• Constrained space with 10.8 m roadway
• Current approved option provides an

unprotected bike lane in one direction only

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Martha to Guelph Line

• Since staff report in 2014, scope of project has

changed dramatically changed dramatically

– From simple “shave and pave” to complex $10M city & region project

• It may be possible to build cycling

infrastructure for less incremental cost than

• riginally estimated
• riginally estimated
• We recommend allowing staff to examine
• pportunities to improve the current plan

Martha to Guelph Line

Unprotected lane (WB), shared lane (EB)

Current Plan Current Plan

Unprotected lanes in both directions

Better Better

Protected lanes or cycle tracks

Best Best

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Guelph Line to Burloak

• East of Guelph Line, roadway is 4‐5 lanes
• Current plan provides an unprotected bike

lane in one direction only

Guelph Line to Burloak

• On this section, there are fewer space

t i t (th h till h ll ) constraints (though still some challenges)

• We strongly recommend protected cycling

facilities in both directions

– Either protected bike lanes – Or cycle tracks Or cycle tracks – Or a combination of both

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Guelph Line to Burloak

• Option A: Bi‐directional protected bike lanes

– Reduce to 3 vehicle lanes (cheapest option) – Or expand road width and maintain 4 vehicle lanes

Guelph Line to Burloak

• Option B:

– Westbound protected bike lane – Eastbound cycle track (in boulevard) – Does not require roadway expansion

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Guelph Line to Burloak

• Other permutations and combinations are

ibl possible

• The essential quality is dedicated and

protected space for cyclists

• This is how we get 70% of Burlington on their

bikes! bikes!