GUELPH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK STUDY Final Report June 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.0 STUDY PURPOSE AND METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14 1.2 Study Process ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 1.3 Organization of the ATN Study Report........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 2.0 POLICY CONTEXT .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 2.1 City Of Guelph Official Plan (2012) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 2.2 City Of Guelph Cycling Master Plan (2012) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 2.3 City of Guelph Trails Master Plan (2005) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 2.4 City Of Guelph Official plan 2001 (2014 office consolidation) ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 3.0 INFORMING THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK STUDY ............................................................................................................................................. 20 3.1 Data Provided by the City and Study Team Field Investigations ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 3.2 Public Engagement Program ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.3 Trail User Counts and Surveys ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.4 Mindmixer ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.5 Stakeholder Workshop and Public Information Centre Round 1 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24 3.6 Stakeholder Workshop and Publc Information Centre Round 2 ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 4.0 Design Guidelines ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 28 4.1 Trail Width and Surface ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 28 4.2 Trail Alignments on Private Lands ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 34 4.3 Accessibility ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 4.4 Signage .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 4.5 Trail Crossings of Roadways ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 4.6 Trail Crossings Of Other Barriers ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 4.7 Managing ATN users in Congested Areas ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 4.8 Lighting .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 4.9 ATN Route Maintenance ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 45 Guelph Active Transportation Network June 2017 i 5.0 THE RECOMMENDED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK .................................................................................................................................................. 50 5.1 Description of the Active Transportation Network .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 5.2 Relationship Between the Cycling Master Plan, Trails Master Plan and the ATN Route Network ................................................................................................................................................. 52 5.3 Relationship to The Natural Heritage Strategy ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 PROJECT AREA 1: STONE ROAD EAST TO HARTS LANE EAST (MAP SHEETS 1, 2) ....................................................................................................................... 53 PROJECT AREA 2: HARTS LANE EAST TO JENSON BOULEVARD (MAP SHEETS 3, 4) ................................................................................................................... 55 PROJECT AREA 3: JENSON BOULEVARD TO HANLON CREEK TRAIL (MAP SHEETS 5, 6) ............................................................................................................ 57 PROJECT AREA 4: HANLON CREEK TRAIL TO HANLON EXPRESSWAY / KORTRIGHT ROAD WEST (MAP SHEETS 7, 8, 12)1. Location ................................. 59 PROJECT AREA 5: HANLON EXPRESSWAY / HANLON CREEK TRAIL TO LAIRD ROAD (MAP SHEETS 9, 10, 11) ........................................................................ 61 PROJECT AREA 6: ALONG THE HANLON EXPRESSWAY FROM KORTRIGHT ROAD TO STONE ROAD (MAP SHEET 13) ........................................................... 63 PROJECT AREA 7: STONE ROAD TO THE SPEED RIVER (MAP SHEETS 14, 15, 16)........................................................................................................................