Item - 2018.PW28.13

The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommends that:

1. City Council authorize the installation of bicycle lanes on the following sections of roadway, as described in Attachment 2 – Amendments to Bicycle Lane Designations to the report (March 26, 2018) from the General Manager, Transportation Services:

-  Thorncliffe Park Drive (entire length)
-  Gateway Boulevard (except for 135m between 73 and 85 Gateway Boulevard)
-  Grenoble Drive (entire length)
-  Deauville Lane (entire length)

2. City Council authorize the installation of Cycle Tracks on the following section of roadway, as described in Attachment 3 – Amendments to Cycle Track Lane Designations to the report (March 26, 2018) from the General Manager, Transportation Services:

-  Gateway Boulevard (for 135m between 73 and 85 Gateway Boulevard)

3. City Council enact the traffic and parking regulation amendments associated with Recommendations 1 and 2 above, as described in Attachment 4 – Amendments to Traffic and Parking Regulations to the report (March 26, 2018) from the General Manager, Transportation Services.

The Ten Year Cycling Network Plan, adopted by Council in June, 2016 identified the need for cycling facilities in the Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park neighbourhoods. Both communities are designated as Neighbourhood Improvement Areas under the Toronto Strong Neighbourhoods Strategy 2020.

The purpose of this report is to seek Council authority to install the following cycling infrastructure:

-  Thorncliffe Park Drive (bicycle lanes)
-  Gateway Boulevard (bicycle lanes and short section of parking-protected cycle track)
-  Grenoble Drive (bicycle lanes)
-  Deauville Lane (bicycle lanes)

The changes proposed will improve safety and mobility options for residents, including children and youth, by providing cycling connections to the schools, daycares, library, mosques, churches, and businesses in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park.

Subject to Council approval, Transportation Services proposes to install the above cycling facilities in 2018, as a project 50 percent funded by the Federal Public Transit Infrastructure Fund (PTIF) program.