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Cycling Network Plan Installations: Bloor West Bikeway Extension & ActiveTO Projects

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2020-05-28 · Toronto City Council · amended

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City Council on May 28, 2020, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the installation of cycle tracks on Bloor Street West from Shaw Street to Runnymede Road, as described in Attachment 2 to the report (May 21, 2020) from the General Manager, Transportation Services. 2. City Council authorize the installation of bicycle lanes on Varna Drive from Ranee Avenue to New Heights Court, as described in Attachment 3 to the report (May 21, 2020) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.

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3. City Council authorize the installation of ActiveTO cycling projects on: a. Bloor Street from Avenue Road to Sherbourne St, Cycle Track; b. Dundas Street East, from Sackville Street to Broadview Avenue, Cycle Track; c. University Avenue / Queens Park, from Adelaide Street to Bloor Street, Cycle Track; d. Huntingwood Drive, from Victoria Park Ave to Brimley Road, Bicycle Lane; e. Brimley Road, from Kingston Road to Lawrence Avenue, Cycle Track; f. Danforth Avenue, from Broadview Avenue to Dawes Road, Cycle Track; g. Bayview Avenue, from River Street to Rosedale Valley Road, Multi-Use Trail; h. River Street, from Gerrard Street East to Bayview Avenue, Multi-Use Trail; i. Wilmington Avenue, from Finch Avenue to Sheppard Avenue, Bicycle Lane; and j. Faywood Boulevard, from Sheppard Avenue to Wilson Avenue, Bicycle Lane. 4. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services and the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to undertake the following as part of the ActiveTO Cycle Track on Danforth Avenue, from Broadview Avenue to Dawes Road: a. create new individual or combined patio and seating areas that comply with social distancing as part of a Destination Danforth economic vitality plan; b. ensure sufficient space for loading and unloading zones for supply chain deliveries; c. maintain sufficient Green P parking spots on both sides of the Danforth; d. enhance all aspects of pedestrian safety including street crossings and add any critical street scape improvements to ensure a complete streets approach to any changes; and e. add sufficient bike parking on both sides of the street to assist in the main street. 5. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to study extending the University Avenue Cycle Track, as set out in Part 3.c. above, north to Eglinton Avenue via Avenue Road and Oriole Parkway, in consultation with the local councillors, the established Avenue Road Working Group and other community groups. 6. City Council enact the amendments to traffic and parking regulations associated with Parts 1 and 2 above, and as described in Revised Attachment 4 to the report (May 21, 2020) from the General Manager, Transportation Services. 7. City Council extend the COVID-19 Active TO road closure of Lake Shore Boulevard East from Coxwell Avenue to Leslie Street. 8. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, as part of the design, installation, and monitoring process, to work in consultation with the local Councillors and stakeholders to identify and implement changes to the ActiveTO cycling projects as may be necessary to address operational and safety issues as they may arise, including modification or removal of the ActiveTO cycling projects if deemed necessary, and that the Danforth Study continue using online public consultation, if needed. 9. City Council delegate, despite any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until December 31, 2021, for the purposes of implementing and then addressing operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to the ActiveTO cycling projects, the authority to implement changes and process and submit directly to City Council any necessary Bills for By-law amendments to the schedules to City of Toronto Code Chapters on the streets and within the parameters as identified in Attachment 5 to the report (May 21, 2020) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, such regulation changes to be in effect no longer than December 31, 2021. 10. City Council authorize the appropriate City Officials to submit directly to City Council at the appropriate time any necessary Bills to amend the appropriate City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter, and any Schedules to the Code, to reinstate the traffic and parking regulations to what they were immediately prior to the By-law amendments made in connection with the report (May 21, 2020) from the General Manager, Transportation Services. 11. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the fourth quarter of 2021 on the outcome and future recommendations regarding the ActiveTO cycling projects, following up-to a year of monitoring and evaluation. 12. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the July 9, 2020 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the status of the following Items relating to the Dundas Bike lane not addressed in the report (May 21, 2020) from the General Manager, Transportation Services: a. 2016.PW13.11, Ten Year Cycling Network Plan, adopted by City Council on June 7, 8 and 9, 2016; and b. 2020.TE14.81, Cycling Safety on Dundas - Implementation, Evaluation and Next Steps, considered by the Toronto and East York Community Council on March 12th, 2020. 13. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the September 22, 2020 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the plan for maintenance and refresh of the new cycle tracks and how it compares to the current system of maintenance and refresh of existing bike lanes. 14. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report to the September 22, 2020 meeting of the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on the timing of the completion of the Eastern Avenue bike lanes from Coxwell Avenue to Leslie Street and from Logan Avenue to Broadview Avenue. 15. City Council request the City Manager, in consultation with appropriate City staff, to report on the feasibility and effectiveness of making bicycles available for residents in low income priority neighborhoods at no cost, to help offset the impact of an 80 percent drop off in Toronto Transit Commission ridership due to COVID-19 and that this be contingent on finding private sector partners willing to underwrite the cost of this program. 16. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, in consultation with the Ward Councillor, to roll out a multilingual road safety campaign, such campaign to focus on educating all users of roadways, vehicular, cyclist, and pedestrian; the language of the campaign materials to be determined by the local Councillor and area demographics. 17. City Council recognize that the City's ravine system and trail network is also a corridor for active transportation by pedestrians and cyclists. 18. City Council request the Deputy City Manager, Infrastructure and Development Services to investigate opportunities to: a. request funding for the Ravine Strategy and Meadoway Project from the Provincial and Federal Governments; and b. accelerate design and construction of trails that are part of the Ravine Strategy and Meadoway Project. 19. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services, through the CurbTO and ActiveTO programs, to explore and implement interim ways to create attractive space for pedestrians and to support COVID-19 recovery efforts for local businesses, including changes to the Yonge Street curb lane between Sheppard Avenue and Finch Avenue. 20. City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City Officials to take the necessary action to give effect to City Council's decision, including the introduction in Council of any and all Bills that may be required.

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Adopt Item as Amended · Carried, 23-2

For (23)Ana Bailão, Anthony Perruzza, Brad Bradford, Cynthia Lai, Frances Nunziata, Gary Crawford, Gord Perks, James Pasternak, Jennifer McKelvie, Jim Karygiannis, Joe Cressy, John Filion, John Tory, Josh Matlow, Kristyn Wong-Tam, Mark Grimes, Michael Ford, Michael Thompson, Mike Colle, Mike Layton, Paul Ainslie, Paula Fletcher, Shelley Carroll
Against (2)Denzil Minnan-Wong, Stephen Holyday
Absent (1)Jaye Robinson
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This report seeks Council authority to install approximately 25 centre line kilometres (km), of new cycling infrastructure, for a total of approximately 40 km of on-street cycling infrastructure approved for installation in 2020. In July 2019, City Council approved the Vision Zero Road Safety Plan 2.0 and the Cycling Network Plan Update. Both of these guiding documents have goals to reduce traffic fatalities to zero, while also increasing the number of people walking and cycling.

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The Cycling Network Plan and the associated Near Term Implementation Plan (2019-2021), adopted by Council in July 2019 seek to build on the existing network of cycling routes to connect gaps in the network, grow the network into new parts of the city, and renew existing parts of the network to improve safety. The Cycling Network Plan Update names Bloor Street as a Major City-Wide Cycling Route. In summer 2019, Council directed Transportation Services to initiate planning, design and consultation for an extension of the Bloor Street West cycle tracks from where they currently end at Shaw Street, to continue west to High Park Avenue, with implementation targeted to take place as early as summer 2020. Over the past year, Transportation Services has completed the proposed design, assessed impacts, and undertaken extensive business and community consultation on the Bloor West Bikeway Extension. The limits of the installation is proposed to be extended further west to Runnymede Road to connect to existing north/south cycling infrastructure. In response to the COVID-19 health crisis, City Council requested the General Manager, Transportation Services and the Medical Officer of Health to pursue opportunities to provide more space for people to cycle as part of Toronto's Recovery and Rebuild Strategy, and to report back to Council on the possibility of fast-tracking projects within the Cycling Network Plan. In response to this direction, the ActiveTO program was developed to ensure people have space to get around while respecting physical distancing. ActiveTO initiatives include quiet streets, closing major roads for active transportation, and expanding the cycling network - the latter of which is addressed in this report. Expanding bikeways will help increase mobility options for people as the City starts to reopen and the need for travel increases. Key parts of the cycling network will be expanded, through accelerated installation of routes in the Cycling Network Plan, to enable people on bikes to move around Toronto safely, with connections to the places they need to go, with particular attention to those that mirror major transit routes. The cycling network will be expanded rapidly through temporary installations by re-purposing curb lanes along key corridors, deployed as a network, or addressing network gaps as much as possible. Delivery of other Council-approved 2020 Cycling Network implementation projects will continue as scheduled. Most of the ActiveTO projects aimed at expanding the cycling network contained within this report are proposed as rapid installations with temporary materials and minimal change to the street design. A more transformational Complete Streets approach is proposed for Danforth Avenue, in order to support the main street character and local economy and in keeping with the objectives of the Danforth Avenue Complete Street and Planning Study currently underway. This report seeks Council authority to install cycle tracks on Bloor Street West, from Shaw Street to Runnymede Road, in addition to the following ActiveTO cycling projects: Bloor Street from Avenue Road to Sherbourne St, Cycle Track Dundas Street East, from Sackville Street to Broadview Avenue, Cycle Track University Avenue / Queens Park, from Adelaide Street to Bloor Street, Cycle Track Huntingwood Drive, from Victoria Park Ave to Brimley Road, Bicycle Lane Brimley Road, from Kingston Road to Lawrence Avenue, Cycle Track Danforth Avenue, from Broadview Avenue to Dawes Road, Cycle Track Bayview Avenue, from River Street to Rosedale Valley Road, Multi-Use Trail River Street, from Gerrard Street East to Bayview Avenue, Multi-Use Trail Wilmington Avenue, from Finch Avenue to Sheppard Avenue, Bicycle Lane Faywood Boulevard, from Sheppard Avenue to Wilson Avenue, Bicycle Lane Subject to Council approval, Transportation Services, with the support of the Medical Officer of Health, proposes to proceed with rapid installation of these projects in summer 2020.

Staff recommended

The General Manager, Transportation Services recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the installation of cycle tracks on Bloor Street West from Shaw Street to Runnymede Road, as described in Attachment 2 - Designated Cycle Tracks. 2. City Council authorize the installation of bicycle lanes on Varna Drive from Ranee Avenue to New Heights Court, as described in Attachment 3 - Designated Bicycle Lanes. 3. City Council authorize the installation of ActiveTO cycling projects on: a.

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Bloor Street from Avenue Road to Sherbourne St, Cycle Track b. Dundas Street East, from Sackville Street to Broadview Avenue, Cycle Track c. University Avenue / Queens Park, from Adelaide Street to Bloor Street, Cycle Track d. Huntingwood Drive, from Victoria Park Ave to Brimley Road, Bicycle Lane e. Brimley Road, from Kingston Road to Lawrence Avenue, Cycle Track f. Danforth Avenue, from Broadview Avenue to Dawes Road, Cycle Track g. Bayview Avenue, from River Street to Rosedale Valley Road, Multi-Use Trail h. River Street, from Gerrard Street East to Bayview Avenue, Multi-Use Trail i. Wilmington Avenue, from Finch Avenue to Sheppard Avenue, Bicycle Lane j. Faywood Boulevard, from Sheppard Avenue to Wilson Avenue, Bicycle Lane 4. City Council enact the amendments to traffic and parking regulations associated with Recommendations 1 and 2 above, and as described in Attachment 4 - Amendments to Traffic and Parking Regulations. 5. City Council direct the General Manager, Transportation Services to, as part of the design, installation, and monitoring process, work in consultation with the local Councillors and stakeholders to identify and implement changes to the ActiveTO cycling projects as may be necessary to address operational and safety issues as they may arise, including modification or removal of the ActiveTO cycling projects if deemed necessary. 6. City Council delegate, despite any City of Toronto By-law to the contrary, to the General Manager, Transportation Services, until December 31, 2021, for the purposes of implementing and then addressing operational and safety issues that may arise in relation to the ActiveTO cycling projects, the authority to implement changes and process and submit directly to Council any necessary bills for by-law amendments to the schedules to City of Toronto Code Chapters on the streets and within the parameters as identified in Attachment 5 to the report (May 21, 2020) from the General Manager, Transportation Services, such regulation changes to be in effect no longer than December 31, 2021. 7. City Council authorize the appropriate City officials to submit directly to Council at the appropriate time any necessary bills to amend the appropriate City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter, and any Schedules to the Code, to reinstate the traffic and parking regulations to what they were immediately prior to the by-law amendments made in connection with the report (May 21, 2020) from the General Manager, Transportation Services. 8. City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services to report back to the Infrastructure and Environment Committee in the fourth quarter of 2021 on the outcome and future recommendations regarding the ActiveTO cycling projects, following up-to a year of monitoring and evaluation. 9. City Council authorize and direct the appropriate City officials to take the necessary action to give effect to Council's decision, including the introduction in Council of any and all bills that may be required.

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