Natalie Halff, Resident
Ms. Halff suggested the following for consideration;
- large movable signs - with simple clear messaging on the side of the road; particularity in problem areas.
- small postcards to distribute to community centres, bike shops, Service Ontario and cycling pop-ups.
Ms. Halff also suggested that drivers should be educated on the following four things;
- Adult cyclists belong on the road
- Drivers must give cyclists one metre of safe space.
- Under the City's By-laws drivers are not allowed to stop or park in bike lanes.
- Information for drivers on how to navigate cross rides
Catherine Nguyen-Pham, Communications Advisor thanked Ms. Halff for her suggestions and spoke to the numerous cycling campaigns that promote cycling, cycling safety and general education messaging for all modes of transportation.
Councillor Tedjo noted that Council recently approved additional By-law enforcement officers and encouraged residents to utilize 311.
Rahul Mehta, Founder, Sustainable Mississauga,Co-founder, Stop Sprawl Peel asked the following questions:
Q. Regarding the cycling network quarterly update and distinguishing between timelines for what will actually get built this year and what won't as well as any continuing barriers to implementation the public should expect.
A. Matthew Sweet, Manager, Active Transportation responded that the update is structured that projects that are in construction phase are illustrated as under construction and anything that's prior to be under construction whether it's in planning or the design stage is identified as planning and design. Mr. Sweet also commented that an update would be provided to the committee with projected timelines.
Q. Regarding the construction of sharrows, and for the Committee to consider their removal from the Master Plan, and to redirect the funds to cycling infrastructure that actually works, is used/understood, and saves lives.
A. Matthew Sweet, Manager, Active Transportation responded the cycling master plan does not speak specifically to sharrows as a replacement for dedicated cycling infrastructure and explained that sharrows are used more of a way finding component.
Glenn Voakes, Resident asked the following questions:
Q. Presumably one would agree 142km’s of work prior to the current CMP would be impactful to the CMP. Why was the 142km’s of post CMP work just parachuted in without reflecting the effect to the budget and the average km’s to 12km’s in scenario “C” of the CMP for this carry forward work and without a revisit to council for their clarification and approval?
A. Matthew Sweet, Manager, Active Transportation, responded the 2018 cycling master plan includes figures and tables that illustrates the existing network as of the publication document as of date. Figure 2 in the 2018 document shows the existent and essentially base line network of bike lanes, multi use trails and park pathways and Table 2 illustrates the existing kilometres in place as of the publication of the document, so the 142 kilometres of existing on road infrastructure is present in the 2018 master plan and was part of the calculation and process.
Q. In the Q1 CMP update it states “142 km’s of on-road cycling infrastructure existed in Mississauga as of the end of 2017”. The whereabouts of this 142 km’s of cycling infrastructure is not identified, and if it existed, the actual time frame it was implemented is not indicated. If I use the first 4 years of cycling performance as a gauge, it would have conservatively taken 16 years to deliver 142 km's. Therefor it begs the question how far back does this 142 km’s actually go? Can I ask the city to comment on these points?
A. Mr. Sweet spoke to the orientation deck show as it was purposed in the cycling master plan which illustrates the existing network at the time, Mr. Sweet provided a couple of highlights of the bicycle lanes on Bristol rd, Confederation Parkway, Tenth Line West and multi use trails on Burnhamthorpe and other places, some of that infrastructure was built in 1990 and rehabilitation. Mr. Sweet will follow up with Mr. Voakes offline regarding the network.
Ms. Tagidou enquired how the committee supports and/or considers deputations. Councillor Tedjo explained the process.