A Waterloo Region Case Study.  Waterloo Region  Connecting residents to your work  Ideas start off small  Plan for change  Moving forward  Your.

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A Waterloo Region Case Study

 Waterloo Region  Connecting residents to your work  Ideas start off small  Plan for change  Moving forward  Your origin story

Westmount Road – 4 lanes

Westmount Road – 6 lanes

Franklin Boulevard What would you choose?

Fischer-Hallman Road

Bike Lanes!

Fischer-Hallman Road Pedestrians! Bike Lanes!

 Cycling Master Plans (1994 & 2004)  Facilities were built  Allowed ideas to develop  Created demand and expectations for other areas

Lackner Boulevard Intersection

Intersection

University Avenue

 Coordinate with capital works program  Disconnected systems are hard to market  Complete a demonstration project

 Major employment  School  Neighbourhoods

 City of Waterloo road diet  Regional signals  1 st Bike Box proposed in the Region  Evaluation of their effectiveness Davenport Road

"A bike box is a designated area in front of a traffic lane at a signalized intersection. It provides cyclists with a location to queue in advance of motorists during the red light phase, and facilitates cyclist left turning." Bike BoxTwo-Stage Left Bike BoxBicycle Lay-by

 42% of drivers felt intersections with bike boxes are safer (14% did not)  Cyclists felt safer (77%)  Drivers preferred green bike boxes (90%)  Cyclists encroaching on crosswalk decreased (41% to 25%) Data collected from the City of Portland

Guelph Davenport - Waterloo

 Building to meet demand is unaffordable  Transit from 4% to 15%  Walking, cycling from 8% to 12% Transportation choice, limit sprawl & manage congestion

In growth areas priority will be given in the following order:  Walking  Cycling  Transit  Carpooling  Single Occupancy Vehicles

 A benchmark for success  A chance to be entrepreneurial  An opportunity to connect people to what you're creating

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