Lethbridge Cycling Master Plan100K Day, Oct. 12, 2016

Project Objective

• Develop a master plan to create a safe and efficient cycling network in Lethbridge

Context

• ICSP/MDP 2010

• TMP 2013

• Bikeways and Pathways Master Plan 2007

• Bike/Pathways Design and Construction Standards

• CIP Projects

• Development Applications

Project

Initiation

Goals &

VisionAnalysis

Student

Feedback

Stakeholder

Meeting #1

Community

Engagement

#1

Desire

Lines

Stakeholder

Meeting #2Draft

Network

Implementation

Strategy

Final

Report

Project Overview

Opportunity

Corridors

Community

Engagement

#2

Refine

Draft

Network

Community

Engagement

#3

Today

• A project vision and set of goals to guide the project were established early on:

Vision and Goals

• Cycling is Safe

• Cycling is Connected

• Cycling is Understood

• Cycling is Desirable

• Cycling is Implemented

• More People Cycling

Analysis

• Telephone survey

• Cycling demand analysis

• Cycling potential analysis

• Cycling collision analysis

• Community input maps

Student Feedback

• University of Lethbridge and Lethbridge College students were engaged.

• Where do you bike?

• Share your ideas

• Provide feedback on goals and vision

• What are your challenges?

• What are the benefits of cycling?

Stakeholder & Community Engagement #1• Presented and ranked Vision and

Goals

• Presented telephone survey summary, collision map, and cycling analysis

• Community input maps developed

• Presentation by North American cycling expert

• Feedback collected

Desire Lines

• High level view of where people want to get to and from

• Developed from analysis and origin / destination maps

Opportunity Corridors

• Opportunity Corridors represent where desire lines line up with actual streets

Stakeholder Engagement #2

• Shared opportunity corridors

• Discussion on the benefits, trade-offs and constraints of various types of cycling infrastructure

• Discussed route selection evaluation criteria

• Mapping exercise

Develop Draft Network

• A draft cycling network was developed for presentation at Community Engagement #2

Community Engagement #2

• Presented draft network

• Asked for specific feedback on infrastructure types, preferred routes and implementation preferences

Refined Draft Network

• Based on internal and external feedback received to date

• Cycling infrastructure types were selected based on a combination of public feedback and best practices

• The network is ready for a final review and comments

Implementation Strategy

• Each route was assessed using the implementation criteria

Implementation CriteriaCycling Demand and Generators

The existing and future ridership that could be anticipated and how the route serves key destinations

Cycling Potential

Ability of route to support high levels of cycling based on characteristics of the natural and built environments

Network Connectivity

To what extent does the route contribute to filling a gap within the City’s cycling network

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Constructability

The feasibility of construction of routes and any potential opportunities there are in existing/future plans or development opportunities

Cost

The high level anticipated capital cost for implementation

Community Acceptance

The anticipated level of acceptance of the community to the changes required in order to implement the routes

Implementation Strategy

• Criteria used to determine which routes are proposed in the short, mid and long terms.

Proposed Long Term Cycling

Master Plan

NetworkIMPLEMENTATION

CRITERIA

Phase 1 Network

Phase 2 Network

Phase 3 Network

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Implementation Strategy

• Implementation criteria reflect the Goals of the project

Cycling is Safe

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2

Cycling Demand and

Generators

Cycling Potential

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5

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Network Connectivity

Constructability

Cost

Community Acceptance

IMPLEMENTATION

CRITERIAMore People Cycling

Cycling is Desirable

Cycling is Connected

Cycling is Understood

Cycling is

Implemented

GOALS

Phase 1 Network

($10M)

Phase 2 Network

($5M)

Phase 3 Network

($7M)

Next Steps

• Receive final comments from public

• cyclelethbridge.mindmixer.com

• www.lethbridge.ca/cyclingplan

• Compile final report by end of 2016