STATUS UPDATE AGE-FRIENDLY ACTION PLAN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN TRANSIT FUTURE PLAN
Overview Pur Purpose: ose: Provide an update on implementation status of 3 City Plans • Age-Friendly Action Plan • Active Transportation Plan • Transit Future Plan
Process Plans are cross-functional, involving various City functions Summary of the overall implementation status to-date for each plan Focus on completion of action items: • Policy and procedure • Infrastructure improvements
Process Underway, 3% Completed, 10% Status assignment: • Complete Improvements completed Partial, 29% • Ongoing Continuous process underway • Partial Not Started, 42% Partial improvements have started Ongoing, 16% • Underway Work has actively begun • Not Started Progress example No work has occurred
Age-Friendly Action Plan “Prince George is the ideal plac “Prince George is the ideal place t e to age, at an age, at any s y stage of lif age of life e and f and for community member r community members of all abilities and lif s of all abilities and lifes estyles” tyles”
Age-Friendly Action Plan The plan was adopted in 2017 A 3 year plan, with the last action items targeted to be completed by the end of 2019 Consists of 17 Action Items Each Action Item contains a number of subtasks
Age-Friendly Action Plan - Results Complete, 6% Action Item Status Not Started, 6% Action #1: Adopt the Age ‐ Friendly Action Plan and oversee the action items identified in the Age ‐ Friendly Action Underway Plan. Action #2: Develop an Age ‐ Friendly Design Policy and Checklist to ensure that existing and new City ‐ owned buildings, Underway public spaces, parks, City services, print/web material, and City ‐ led events and meetings are inclusive. New Projects and Initiatives Action #3: Enhance Public Awareness of the City facilities, parks, and recreation programs that are Age ‐ Friendly. Underway Action #4: Develop a voluntary Community Amenity Contribution Policy to consider amenity contributions that Not Started result in Age and Ability Friendly outcomes. Underway, 88% Action #5: Develop a Bus Stop Strategy to prioritize improvements that will enhance the comfort and connectivity Underway of bus stops and exchanges Action #6: Develop a transit training program for older adults and youth. Underway Action #7: Retain graduates of all levels and ages by connecting them with employers in the community. Underway Action #8: Prioritize capital investment in high ‐ volume pedestrian routes to enhance walkability (i.e. sidewalk and Underway curb ‐ cut construction, street furnishings. benches, garbage bins, public toilets, lighting, etc.). 94% com % complet lete or under or underway, , Action #9: Explore options for enhancing snow removal along high volume pedestrian routes. Underway half way int half w y into plan plan Action #10: Integrate an Age ‐ Friendly Lens to the City's Playground Strategy. Underway Alignment of Existing Projects and Initiatives Action #11: Explore the inclusion of wheel ‐ friendly trails (other than paving, but not excluding) which maintain the Underway natural look for trails while providing inclusive trails for all ages and abilities. Action #12: Continue to audit civic facilities and parks in order to identify and prioritize funding for addressing Underway accessibility barriers. Action #13: Work with Community Associations to develop recreation programs and events that serve residents of Underway all ages. Action #14: Deliberately depict diversity in age and abilities on the City of Prince George and MoveUp websites, Underway social media and marketing materials. Action #15: Age and Ability ‐ Friendly Service Training Program for staff that regularly interact with the public. Underway Action #16: Update the Zoning Bylaw to permit laneway and carriage housing as an affordable housing option for Complete aging adults and young adults/students. Action #17: Continue to offer and report on City grant programs to promote and celebrate Prince George as a Underway community for people of all ages and abilities.
Age-Friendly Action Plan - Highlights Updat Update t to Zoning Byla Zoning Bylaw t w to allow Carriage and Co allo w Carriage and Cottage ttage Housing Housing Accessibility A ccessibility Audits t dits to Civic Civic Facilities and City P cilities and City Parks: s: Duchess Park – Duchess P – Prince rince George’s first accessibility park George’s first accessibility par Training mat aining material creat rial created f d for r Transit use – ansit use – wor orkshops with kshops with senior seniors
Age-Friendly Action Plan - Highlights Increased side Increased sidewalk sno lk snow remo removal ser al service le ice level “T “Try It” pr It” programs ograms host hosted b ed by Community Community Associations and Associations and Engage Spor Engage Sport Nor t North. h. Made Made possible thr possible through UBCM A ugh UBCM Age- e- Friendly Community Pr iendly Community Program funding ogram funding
Active Transportation Plan “The activ he active transpor transportation ne tation netw twork should be planned and ork should be planned and designed for user designed f r users of all ages, s of all ages, and t and to be continuous within be continuous within and be and betw tween modes…” een modes…”
Active Transportation Plan Plan adopted in 2011 Priorities: • Short Term (0-5 years) To be comprehensively • Medium Term (5-10 years) revisited after 10 years • Long Term (10+ years) Developed in parallel with Official Community Plan Action Items: • Policy & Procedure • Infrastructure Improvements
Active Transportation Plan - Results 55% com 55% complet lete, ongoing, , ongoing, Overall Pr Ov erall Prog ogress of A ress of ATP partial, or par ial, or under underway, 7 , 7 year ars int s into the plan the plan UNDERWAY, 4% COMPLETE, 17% ONGOING/PARTI AL, 34% NOT STARTED, 45%
ATP – Results Breakdown ATP P P Policies and Pr licies and Programs ograms ATP Infrastructure P Infrastructure Pr Projects ojects UNDERWAY, 3% Underway, 4% Complete, 17% COMPLETE, 18% Partial, 25% NOT STARTED, ONGOING, 53% 26% Not Started, 53% Often utilizes existing operating Often high capital costs with associated • • budget or with lower costs operating cost impacts Competing capital priorities • Some may have developmental, • topographical and property acquisition constraints
Active Transportation Plan - Highlights Pedestrian Netw destrian Networ ork Study – k Study – Pedestrian and Cy destrian and Cyclist clist condition rating and mobility condition rating and mobility numbers no numbers now included in w included in inde index. x. traf traffic counts c counts Maps and trail guides Maps and trail guides de developed f loped for cy r cycling and cling and trail netw trail networ ork Centennial T Cent ennial Trail ail Increase t Increase to Side Sidewalk Budge lk Budget • $350K reallocation t $350K reallocation to Rehabilitation 20 habilitation 2017 -20 -2018 • $1 $150K reallocation t 50K reallocation to Ne New w 20 2017 - - 2018
Active Transportation Plan - Highlights Community Par Community Partner ners: Bike BC grant f Bik e BC grant for Hwy 1 r Hwy 16 Frontage R Fr Rd Multiuse T Trail Cranbr Cranbrook Hill Green ook Hill Greenway Socie Society to M to Marleau R Rd. Cranbr Cranbrook Hill Green ook Hill Greenway • Rotar tary Club and Do Club and Downt wntown PG PG Do Downt wntown Bik wn Bike stands stands • Prince George Cy Prince George Cycling Club – cling Club – Pidhern Pidherny • Prince George Naturalists Club Prince George Naturalists Club Hudson Ba Hudson Bay W y Wetland tland • Husky Husky Cent Centennial T nial Trail Signage ail Signage •
Transit Future Plan “The transit sys he transit system will […] be int em will […] be integrat grated with o ed with other activ her active modes of transpor modes of transportation and pr tation and provides a ides a basic le basic level of l of mobility f mobility for people of all abilities…” r people of all abilities…”
Transit Future Plan Adopted in 2014 Priorities: • Short Term (0-5 year) 25 year plan • Medium Term (5-15 year) • Long Term (15 + year) Vision of Transit system to 2038
Transit Future Plan - Results 58% com 58% complet lete, ongoing, , ongoing, Mode Share for Public Transit in par partial, or ial, or under underway, , Prince George 4 year 4 y ars int s into the plan the plan 5% 4% Mode Share (%) 3% Actual Mode Share 2% Target Mode Share 1% 0% 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 Year 2016 mode 20 mode share share Underway, 3% Completed, 10% for transit w r transit was 3% s 3% Partial, 29% TFP targe TFP targets a s a 4% 4% Not Started, 42% mode share by 2038 mode share b 2038 Ongoing, 16%
Transit Future Plan - Highlights Seniors T Seniors Transit Challenge & T ansit Challenge & Travel el Training Guide aining Guide Expansion of 2500 Expansion of 2500 ser service hours ice hours • Statut Statutor ory holida y holidays, im ys, impr proved e ed evening ening and w and week eekend ser end service ice Google T Google Trip Planner int ip Planner integration gration
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