York Region Pedestrian and Cycling Master Plan - Towards a More Sustainable Future

This paper focuses on the Pedestrian and Cycling Master Plan (PCMP) developed for York Region, a rapidly growing regional municipality located immediately north of Toronto. York Region is comprised of nine local municipalities with a population approaching 1 million at the end of 2007. The Regional government has recently embraced a number of growth management and planning initiatives with the goal of becoming more sustainable and reducing the Region's carbon footprint. This is being achieved through improved Regional transit services, aggressive transportation demand management and the development of a regional scale pedestrian system and cycling network. York Region Council formally adopted the PCMP in April 2008. The Plan is intended to guide the Region as it works with local municipalities over the next 25 years to implement a comprehensive pedestrian system and region-wide cycling network. The PCMP also includes facility design guidelines as well as supporting policies and programs to encourage walking and cycling in the Region. Implementation of several elements of the Plan has already begun, and this paper includes a discussion of the preliminary evaluation of these initiatives and how they may be improved in the future.

• Record URL:
  http://conf.tac-atc.ca/english/resourcecentre/readingroom/conference/conf2008/english/table_of_contents.htm
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

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• Authors:
  • GRIMWOOD, R
  • MCLAUGHLIN, D
  • Cheah, L
  • Hui, R
• Conference:
  • 2008 Annual Conference of the Transportation Association of Canada
  • Location: Toronto , Canada
  • Date: 2008-9-21 to 2008-9-24
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Pagination: 20 p.
• Monograph Title: 2008 Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada - Transportation: A Key to a Sustainable Future

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Cyclists; Environmental protection; Networks; Pedestrians; Planning; Public transit; Regional planning; Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• Subject Areas: Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01117172
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: TAC
• Created Date: Dec 29 2008 12:30PM