Cycling Network Plan Update

2. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to undertake the feasibility analysis, detailed design, and public consultation required to deliver cycling infrastructure projects contained in the near-term implementation program (2019 - 2021). 3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Transportation Services to initiate the near-term studies of the Major City-Wide Cycling Routes as outlined in the report (June 13, 2019) from the General Manger, Transportation Services and mapped in Attachment 2 to the report (June 13, 2019) from the General Manger, Transportation Services, and to bring forward the findings of these studies and recommendations regarding future implementation at the appropriate time. 4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to consider, as part of the annual capital and operating budget process, the capital funding required to implement the near-term cycling implementation program (2019 - 2021) at a rate of $16 million dollars annually, as well as the operating budget required to fund the maintenance costs of newly constructed cycling infrastructure. 5. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to target completion of the Danforth Avenue Planning and Complete Streets Study by June 2021. 6. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the second quarter of 2020, in order to inform the Danforth Avenue Planning and Complete Streets Study, on options for the following cycling infrastructure Study components: a. detailed design of a pilot project for eastbound and westbound cycle tracks on Danforth Avenue East from Coxwell Avenue to Dawes Road; b. installation of bike counters to demonstrate trends in daily cycling volumes; and c. additional consultation with local stakeholders including Councillors, Business Improvement Areas, and residents' groups. 7. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to identify any additional capital or operating budget requirements to deliver Parts 5 and 6 above through the City's 2020 Budget process if required. 8. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back by the last quarter of 2021, regarding implementation progress of the Cycling Network Plan, including updates on outcomes such as the number of kilometres of cycling infrastructure installed, network coverage - the proportion of people in close proximity to the cycling network, and the impact on safety and cycling mode share. 9. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services work with the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning to create a working group of City staff and local stakeholders to assess complete street options for University Avenue in conjunction with the TOCore Great Streets framework and to consider alternative streets to University Avenue for the installation of north south Bike Lanes west of Yonge Street. 10. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to consider, as part of the planned resurfacing of Harbord Street, an upgrade of the existing bike lane to a cycle track, including appropriate consultation with stakeholders. 11. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to initiate planning, design and consultation for an extension of the Bloor Street West cycle tracks from Shaw Street to High Park Avenue, with implementation targeted to take place as early as summer 2020. 12. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to consider, as part of the Bloor Street East cycle track improvements, the feasibility of establishing a separated bike lane on Bloor Street from Avenue Road to Church street connecting the Bloor cycle track on Bloor Street East and Bloor Street West. 13. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to triple the number of bike ring installations on Danforth Avenue. 14. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to take measures to improve pedestrian safety, especially for seniors and to serve seniors' residences along Danforth Avenue. 15. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to initiate the detailed design for a pilot project with eastbound and westbound cycle tracks on Danforth Avenue from Coxwell Avenue west to Broadview Avenue which takes loading and unloading issues into account. 16. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to provide a budget impact assessment of completing the City portion of the cycling network as envisioned in Eglinton Connects, and report through the 2020 Budget process. 17. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to review opportunities to prioritize Weston Neighbourhood Connections cycling routes within the near-term implementation program (2020/2021), and that cycling network connections to the Weston GO and UP Express Station be included as part of this work. 18. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to consider including Jane Street, south of Highway 401 to Bloor Street West, as a study planned for a Major City Cycling Route as part of the next report back on the implementation progress of the Cycling Network Plan. 19. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to consider the feasibility and timing of a pedestrian and cycling bridge at Bentworth Avenue over the rail line, in order to connect the Baycrest Park/Yorkdale area to North Park, and, as part of the report proposed for late 2021, to update the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the implementation progress of the Cycling Network Plan. 20. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to propose a design work plan on a pedestrian and cycling overpass of the Toronto-Barrie railway corridor and report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee by the second quarter of 2020 with preliminary findings on feasibility and high level costing. 21. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee before the end of the 2019 on creating off-road cycling super highways along the rail lines that traverse Toronto, from the north to the south, and from the east to the west. 22. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to include the Murray Road overpass and Downsview Lands connection to Murray Road as a future cycling route in the Cycling Network Plan. 23. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to review the TTC bus-only diamond lanes on Wilson Avenue between Murray Road and Cornelius Parkway to consider permitting cycling, if deemed safe to do so. 24. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to initiate formal discussions with both the Catholic and Public Toronto District School Boards and neighbouring landowners and to coordinate with the Toronto Transit Commission to formalize a strategy to bring forward the important cycling and pedestrian connection referenced in Parts 2 and 3 above, and report back by the end of 2019. 25. City Council request the Toronto Police Services Board to consider siting the Toronto Police Service's main bike collision reporting centre at the new police station at Danforth Avenue and Coxwell Avenue. 26. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to develop a back-end review process for evaluating the success of new cycling infrastructure that measures usage against defined metrics, with a focus on road safety. 27. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to introduce automated bike count station technology to collect and display count data along the top ten cycling routes by volume and make the data available as an open data set. 28. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to perform a count of cyclists using the Flemingdon Park and Thorncliffe Park bike lanes in August, 2020. 29. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to work with Bike Share Toronto to develop a co-ordinated plan to install Bike Share infrastructure across Toronto. 30. City Council request the General Manger, Transportation Services to develop and implement a dedicated pavement condition inspection, repair and maintenance program that is specific to bicycle lanes, in order to ensure safe pavement conditions for these vulnerable road users. 31. City Council direct the Director, Environment and Energy to model carbon dioxide emission reduction equivalents achieved through the City's Cycling Network Plan and report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee as part of TransformTO reporting.