Item - 2015.PW9.16
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Public Works and Infrastructure Committee on November 12, 2015 and was adopted with amendments.
PW9.16 - Traffic Calming Options Manual
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Committee Decision
The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee:
1. Requested the General Manager, Transportation Services to include, as part of the upcoming Toronto Road Safety Plan, an easy-to-use traffic calming manual, including among other things, a discussion of typical traffic calming options, such as speed humps, line markings and signage as well as their impacts, costs and effectiveness and an overview of applicable Council policies and warrants.
Origin
Summary
In June 2015, City Council approved my motion directing city staff to develop a comprehensive road safety plan for Toronto.
Transportation Services staff have been hard at work analyzing the data and we'll be launching a series of roundtable meetings with key stakeholders later this year. A draft road safety plan is expected in 2016.
A key aspect of the plan is connecting the dots between neighbourhood safety issues, city-wide data and international traffic safety best practices. The plan should guide decision making at both the city-wide and neighbourhood level.
With that in mind, I'm asking the General Manager, Transportation Services to include as part of the plan an easy-to-use traffic calming manual for use by neighbourhood groups and City Councillors.
The traffic calming manual would help focus neighbourhood-level traffic safety meetings by providing a clear and concise discussion of traffic calming options and their associated impacts, costs and effectiveness.
The manual will be a useful resource as we move forward in developing our own Vision Zero program over the next year.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pw/bgrd/backgroundfile-85367.pdf
Communications
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pw/comm/communicationfile-57248.pdf
(November 11, 2015) E-mail from Karen Buck (PW.New.PW9.16.2)
(November 11, 2015) E-mail from Mark Jacobs, Walk Toronto (PW.New.PW9.16.3)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pw/comm/communicationfile-57253.pdf
(November 11, 2015) E-mail from Katie Wittmann, Green Communities Canada and Brandon Quigley, York University (PW.New.PW9.16.4)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/pw/comm/communicationfile-57254.pdf
(November 12, 2015) Submission from Lela Gary (PW.New.PW9.16.5)
Speakers
Lela Gary, Air Pollution Coalition
Motions
That Recommendation 1 in the letter (October 15, 2015) from Councillor Robinson be amended by adding the following words:
"and an overview of applicable Council policies and warrants." so that the recommendation reads as follows :
1. That the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee request the General Manager, Transportation Services to include as part of the upcoming Toronto Road Safety Plan an easy-to-use traffic calming manual, including, among other things, a discussion of typical traffic calming options, such as speed humps, line markings and signage as well as their impacts, costs and effectiveness and an overview of applicable Council policies and warrants.