Elgin-St. Thomas Cycling Master Plan #ActiveElginBikes FINAL MASTER PLAN REPORT | SEPTEMBER 2014 AYLMER | BAYHAM | CENTRAL ELGIN | DUTTON / DUNWICH | MALAHIDE | SOUTHWOLD | ST. THOMAS | WEST ELGIN AYLMER | BAYHAM | CENTRAL ELGIN | DUTTON / DUNWICH | MALAHIDE | SOUTHWOLD | ST. THOMAS | WEST ELGIN ELGIN-ST. THOMAS CYCLING MASTER PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Cycling Master Plan Background ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Introduction & Study Process Overview .................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Building on what has been done: The Active Transportation Initiative (ATI) ............................................................. 3 1.2.1 Understanding the Trends & Opportunities ....................................................................................................... 4 1.2.2 Developing a High-Level Active Transportation System .................................................................................... 6 1.2.3 Guiding Implementation .................................................................................................................................... 7 1.2.4 What has been done since the ATI was Completed? ........................................................................................ 9 1.3 A Vision for Cycling in Elgin-St. Thomas ................................................................................................................. 11 2.0 The Cycling Plan ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 2.1 Developing the Network ........................................................................................................................................ 13 2.2 What has changed Since the ATI? ......................................................................................................................... 31 2.3 The Cycling Network & Priority Projects ................................................................................................................ 33 2.4 The Cycling Plan: Areas of Action .......................................................................................................................... 39 2.4.1 Planning ........................................................................................................................................................... 40 2.4.2 Designing ......................................................................................................................................................... 41 2.4.3 Promoting ........................................................................................................................................................ 51 2.4.4 Maintaining ...................................................................................................................................................... 55 2.4.5 Tracking ........................................................................................................................................................... 65 CYCLING MASTER PLAN | FINAL REPORT | SEPTEMBER 2014 i AYLMER | BAYHAM | CENTRAL ELGIN | DUTTON / DUNWICH | MALAHIDE | SOUTHWOLD | ST. THOMAS | WEST ELGIN 3.0 Implementing the Plan .............................................................................................................................................. 67 3.1 Implementation Tools ............................................................................................................................................ 67 3.1.1 Strategies to Facilitate Implementation ........................................................................................................... 67 3.1.2 Establishing a Development Process .............................................................................................................. 68 3.1.3 Identifying Roles & Responsibilities ................................................................................................................ 69 3.1.4 Funding Opportunities ..................................................................................................................................... 70 3.2 The Investment ...................................................................................................................................................... 73 3.3 Recommendations ................................................................................................................................................. 74 SUMMARY OF TABLES Table 1.1 – Summary of Existing and Proposed Active Transportation Facilities presented in the ATI ................................. 6 Table 2.1 – Route Selection Criteria used to Assess the ATI Network ................................................................................ 15 Table 2.2 – Overview of OTM Book 18 Facility Selection Tool ............................................................................................ 19 Table 2.3 – Summary of Potential County and City Initial and Additional Priorities .............................................................. 28 Table 2.4 – Summary of Consultation Activities & Input Received ...................................................................................... 29 Table 2.5 – ATI Network Update Definitions ....................................................................................................................... 31 Table 2.6 – Summary of Existing and Proposed Cycling Facility Types ............................................................................... 33 Table 2.7 – Summary and Description of Cycling Master Plan Priority Projects .................................................................. 34 Table 2.8 – Summary of Cycling Master Plan Action Areas ................................................................................................. 39 Table 2.9 – Summary of Family of Sign Types & Description of Application ....................................................................... 50 Table 2.10 – Summary of Potential Partners to Facilitate Implementation .......................................................................... 52 Table 2.11 – Summary of Off-road Trail Maintenance Considerations ................................................................................ 58 Table 2.12 – Summary of On-road Cycling Maintenance Considerations ............................................................................ 62 Table 3.1 – Cycling Master Plan Roles & Responsibilities ................................................................................................... 70 ii CYCLING MASTER PLAN | FINAL REPORT | SEPTEMBER 2014 AYLMER | BAYHAM | CENTRAL ELGIN | DUTTON / DUNWICH | MALAHIDE | SOUTHWOLD | ST. THOMAS | WEST ELGIN Table 3.2 – Potential Funding Opportunities for Cycling Infrastructure and Programming .................................................. 71 Table 3.3 – Summary of Network Costs by Facility Type and Phase ................................................................................... 73 Table 3.4 – Summary of Cycling Master Plan Recommendations ....................................................................................... 74 SUMMARY OF FIGURES Figure 1-1 – Elgin-St. Thomas Cycling Master Plan Development Process ........................................................................... 1 Figure 1-2 – Summary of Master Plan Objectives ................................................................................................................. 2 Figure 1-3 – Geographic Distribution of Online Questionnaire Respondents ........................................................................ 4 Figure 1-4- Eight-Step Network Development Process used for the ATI .............................................................................. 6 Figure 2-1 – Seven-Step Cycling Network Development Process ....................................................................................... 13 Figure 2-2 – Sample Potential ATI Network Revisions for the Cycling Master Plan ............................................................ 14 Figure 2-3 – KML Overlay of Field Work Route and GPS Waypoints .................................................................................. 27 Figure 2.4 – County and City Initial and Additional Priorities ................................................................................................ 28 Figure 2-5 – Example of Road Diet Application ................................................................................................................... 41 Figure 2-6 – Examples of Cycling Facility Design Alternatives ............................................................................................ 43 Figure 2- 7 – Suggested Width of Paved Shoulder based on Motor Vehicle AADT. Source OTM Book 18 ........................ 45 Figure 2-8 - Map Excerpt from Existing & Proposed Signage Strategy for Lake Erie Waterfront Trail and Sunset Drive in the Port Stanley area. .......................................................................................................................................................... 49 Figure 3-1 – Overview of the Five-Step Network Development Tool from the ATI ............................................................