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Where is Peel?
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Who has been involved ?
Agencies:
Ministry of Transportation Ontario ●
Metrolinx ● York Region ● County of
Simcoe ● City of Toronto ● Toronto
and Region Conservation ● Town of
Caledon ● City of Brampton ● City of
Mississauga ● Region of Peel
Stakeholders:
Steering Committee:
Region of Peel
Town of Caledon
City of Brampton
City of Mississauga
Brampton Cycling Club ● Bruce Trail
Conservancy ● Humber Valley Heritage
Trail Association ● Hike Ontario ●
Headwaters Communities in Action ●
Mississauga Cycling Advisory Committee ●
Mississauga Accessibility Advisory
Committee ● Peel Region Accessibility
Advisory Committee ● Brampton Safe City
● Peel District School Board ● 350.org ●
Sierra Club Ontario
Public
(Study events and the
www.WalkandRollPeel.ca study
website)
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Outline
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Vision
Objectives
Roles
Recommendations
This is the
Region of Peel has created an
Active Transportation Plan—
a co-ordinated approach,
region-wide, working
collectively with area
municipalities, and building on
their plans.
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Building on Area Plans
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Caledon Trails Master Plan
(2011)
Brampton Pathways Master
Plan (2002)
Mississauga
Cycling Master
Plan (2010)
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Vision
To create a place where walking, cycling
and rolling are safe, convenient,
appealing and accessible options for
everyone, including residents and
visitors of Peel communities, from
youth to seniors, and for people with
disabilities.
Collectively, the Region of Peel
and area municipalities are
making great strides to meet
healthy community and
sustainability goals.
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Objectives
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New comprehensive polices
aimed at making Peel
communities more walkable and
bike-friendly.
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Active transportation
infrastructure improvements
Partnerships with
stakeholders for programs to
shift travel behaviour
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 Policy development
 Promotion / marketing
 Network development:
• Work with area municipalities to
fill gaps, interconnect network
• Work with neighbouring
municipalities to interconnect
their networks
• Research best practices
• Consult and co-ordinate with
stakeholders
• Facilitate the exchange of
knowledge and information
• Monitor and evaluate the
implementation efforts
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Photo credit: Brampton Cyclist
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Recommendations—Policies
NEW: Work with all levels of
government, non-governmental
community groups and the private
sector to increase the active
transportation modal share
through health promotion and
educational strategies that target
the needs of residents and
employees taking short trips in
Peel Region.
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Recommendations—Supporting Policies
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Building knowledge and design
strategies
Implement the Active
Transportation Plan
Design for active transportation
in balance with other modes
Incorporate active transportation
responsibilities
Create active transportationfriendly developments and
communities
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Recommendations—Programming
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Expand Walk and Roll Peel
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e.g. walkandrollpeel.ca
Annual stakeholders meeting
Annual business plan
Walk and Roll CommunityBased Social Marketing
Walk + Roll to Ride Program
Compliment 5-year
Transportation Demand
Management Social Marketing
Plan
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Recommendations—Caledon
Regional roads in Caledon:
• Fill gaps in sidewalks
• Extend sidewalks to destinations
• Pave shoulders where feasible
• Work with Caledon to extend
Etobicoke Creek Trail
• Improve Caledon Trail crossings
• Discuss strategy for sidewalks /
bike lanes in settlements
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Recommendations—Brampton
Regional roads in Brampton:
• Construct sidewalk and trails with
Capital projects
• Fill gaps in sidewalks / trails
• Meet with Hydro and Brampton
about trail in corridor south of
Hwy. 407 to Claireville C.A.
• Discuss strategies for:
• Segregated bike lanes
• Trails on both sides of Regional
roads
• Replacing sidewalks with trails
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Recommendations—Mississauga
Regional roads in Mississauga:
• Fill gaps in sidewalks / trails
• Meet with Hydro and Mississauga
about trails in corridors south of
QEW and Hwy. 403
• Work with Mississauga on trail
crossings e.g. Credit River
• Discuss strategies for:
• Bike lanes instead of trails, where
appropriate
• Trails on both sides of Regional
roads
• Replacing sidewalks with trails
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Region-wide
Along Regional Roads:
• Work with municipalities on
pedestrian amenities
• High visibility crosswalks,
countdown signals, and
pedestrian-friendly channelized
right-turn lanes
• Bicycle detection at signals
• Roundabouts
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Region-wide
Along Regional Roads:
• Accessible curb ramps at trail /
sidewalk crossings
• Accessible pedestrian signals
program
• Work with MTO to improve
interchanges
• Develop demonstration projects
to test new ideas
• Work with municipalities on
way-finding signage strategy
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Implementation Strategy
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Review AT Plan regularly to
ensure it meets the needs of
the Region of Peel
Annual capital budget of
approximately $150K for
programming
Possible funding sources for
infrastructure improvements:
• Development charges
• Developer funded
• Federal and Provincial
programs / grants (e.g. gas
tax)
• Larger projects
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Thank-you!
For more information
about this study, contact:
Wayne Chan
Region of Peel
Wayne.chan@peelregion.ca
(905) 791-7800 ext. 4405
Learn more at:
www.walkandrollpeel.ca/projects
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