New Street Cycling Lanes Burlington Cycling Committee Delegation to D - PDF document

CW-08-16 2/17/2016 file #570-02-744 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 • Appleby Line • New St • Walkers Line • Fairview St • Guelph Line • Harvester Rd • Brant St • Mainway • And others… 1

2/17/2016 What we’ve been building Enhanced sharrow* Bike lane * Underneath the car Fairview Street, West of Guelph Line Who we’re building for Likely to use cycling infrastructure on Fairview Rd on Fairview Rd Source: Cycling Master Plan 2

2/17/2016 Ontario Traffic Manual Fairview St Source: Ontario Traffic Manual Book 18 What will attract cyclists? Source: “The BICE study”, University of British Columbia 3

2/17/2016 Protected bike lanes Richmond/Adelaide/Simcoe, Toronto Cycle tracks Churchill Avenue, Ottawa 4

2/17/2016 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) 5

2/17/2016 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 6

2/17/2016 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 originally estimated originally estimated • We recommend allowing staff to examine opportunities to improve the current plan Martha to Guelph Line Unprotected Unprotected Protected Current Current lane (WB), Better Better Best Best lanes in both lanes or Plan Plan shared lane directions cycle tracks (EB) 7

2/17/2016 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 constraints (though still some challenges) t i t (th h till h ll ) • We strongly recommend protected cycling facilities in both directions – Either protected bike lanes – Or cycle tracks Or cycle tracks – Or a combination of both 8

2/17/2016 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 9

2/17/2016 Guelph Line to Burloak • Other permutations and combinations are possible ibl • The essential quality is dedicated and protected space for cyclists • This is how we get 70% of Burlington on their bikes! bikes! 10