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City of Hamilton - Public Works Capital Planning & Implementation Strategic Planning

Social Behaviour and Acceptability Hamilton Transportation Master Plan

Canadian TDM Summit 2008Oct 19 - 22, 2008

Providing services that bring our City to life !

• 4th largest City in Ontario (pop)

• 8th largest City in Canada (pop)

• Population 498,268

• Employment 192,400

• Part of the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area

• 71.6% work in Hamilton

• 23.3% work in the GTA• Where is Hamilton?

Social Behaviour & Acceptability – HTMP

City of Hamilton - Background

• Developed policies and strategies over the next 30 years for:- Transit- Cycling & Walking- Goods Movement- Travel Demand Management (TDM)- Roads

• Intended to be a strategic plan and to provide overall direction for subsequent processes:

- Secondary Plans- Official Plan- Special studies

• Ultimate transportation strategy involves aggressive transit expansion, road capacity optimization and Transportation Demand Management

• Targets 20% reduction in vehicle kilometres traveled and increasing the transit modal share to 15%


Transportation Master Plan (TMP)


Status Quo vs. TMP scenario

Road capacity deficiencies 2031 assuming current travel

behaviour

Road capacity deficiencies 2031 after improved transit and TDM


Modal Split Targets

Existing 2011 2021 - 2031

SOV 68% 58% 52%

Transit 5% 9% 12%

Walking

Cycling

6% 10% 15%

• Cycling & Walking– Construct 126 km of new bike lanes– implement trail improvements identified in Trails Master Plan– Provide bike racks on buses – Expand multi-use path system– Focus on pedestrian improvements at transit nodes– Implement downtown streetscaping plan– Explore the potential for an incline railway

• Transit– Expand BRT (lite) system– Extend HSR (regular transit service) to outlying areas– Improve terminals– Increase GO Transit Service – Establish park & ride lots– Establish intermodal interchanges– Establish a new Via Rail Station


Achieving the Goals of the TMP


Strategic Transit Initiatives

• TDM– Aggressive programs to encourage transit, walking, cycling,

carpooling, ride-sharing, telecommuting, emergency ride-home, etc.

• Goods Movement Initiatives– Protect for route from Airport Employment Lands/New Highway 6 to

Red Hill Valley Parkway– Identify future connections to potential GTA-Niagara Corridor– Initiate Truck Routes Study– Support Port Authority in efforts to promote the H20 Highway– Develop employment lands

• Strategic Road Improvements– Implement committed/planned road widenings to accommodate new

communities– Upgrade/expand road links serving employment areas and growth

areas– Continue to rebalance capacity in the downtown to improve pedestrian

environment


Achieving the Goals of the TMP (con’t)


Strategic Road Improvements

Waterdown

Area

South Mountain

Area

Stoney Creek

Area

Downtown

Road Improvement

Road Widening

• Optimization of the transportation system

• Use of policies, programs, services and products to influence travel

• Programs/initiatives could include:– Promoting walking & cycling and providing infrastructure

– Ride-sharing

– Telecommuting/Work from Home

– On-line trip planners for transit

– Employee/School transit value programs

– Electronic Tolling (by day, time and vehicle type)

– Incorporation of TDM initiatives as part of development applications


Transportation Demand Management


Smart Commute

Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario

• Partnership between Metrolinx and the cities and regions of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)

• Municipalities form Transportation Management Associations (Smart Commute Hamilton), which include major employers that work together to provide sustainable transportation alternatives

• Helping to reduce traffic congestion and take action on climate change


Investments in Technology

• Enhanced Passenger Experience– real time customer information systems with anticipated arrival times– next stop enunciation– digital security cameras– wireless internet on busses– PDA / cell phone info portals

• Effective Planning– software integration to link vehicle with scheduling and dispatch– automatic passenger counters

• Efficient Operations– wireless communications between vehicle and dispatch & office– AVL – GPS automated vehicle location and control– Mobile data terminals in-vehicle – signal pre-emption


Components of Intelligent Transit Systems

• HTMP included a bus rapid transit (BRT) with the potential to move to Light Rail Transit (LRT) in the long term

• MoveOntario 2020 funding makes LRT in the short term more

feasible

• Rapid Transit Feasibility Study – provides a general opportunities and constraints analysis

– public consultation component

– Provides the background required to select both a mode of technology and priority corridors for the implementation of a Rapid Transit System

– Phase 1 both BRT and LRT

– Phase 2 focus on LRT


Rapid Transit Initiative

• Secure Bike Parking Facilities– 1st facility opened June 2008

– Sponsored by Smart Commute/Metrolinx Bike to Work Day and the City of Hamilton Commuter Challenge

– Funded by Metrolinx Bikelinx Program

• Cycling Network– Update “Switching Gears” Master

Plan (2008)– Open New Facilities

• Pedestrian Network – Expand multi-use path system

– Improvements at transit nodes


Cycling & Pedestrian Initiatives


Bike Racks on Buses

• Traffic Signal System– critical to efficient movement of all surface modes in the City– complete signal retiming planned over next five years (reduce GHG

and pollution by minimizing car idling at intersections)– system reliability (project underway to improve performance)– In the long-term the system must support initiatives such as rapid

transit and emergency pre-emption

• Roundabouts– Beneficial to the environment and public safety– new roundabouts under construction or scheduled for 2008 - 2010


Key Traffic Optimization Initiatives

• Cross-Departmental– Capital Planning & Implementation– Traffic Engineering & Operations– Planning & Economic Development– Transit– Finance– Public Health– Community Services

• External– Employers– Individuals– Community groups– Provincial Government (i.e Metrolinx)– Federal Government


Collaboration and Partnerships

• Walking, Walking Groups and resources– My turn My time My plan – www.doitwell.ca

• Active and Safe Routes to School

– http://www.saferoutestoschool.ca

• Walkability/Safe Environment– Participation– Partnership


Public Health Initiatives

http://www.doitwell.ca/

http://www.saferoutestoschool.ca/

• Public Works Strategic Plan• Innovation Now

• Ridership Growth Plan• HSR Asset Management and Growth Management Plan

• Planning Policies– GRIDS (Growth Related Integrated Development Strategy)

– Official Plan update

– Policy Development

– Secondary Planning

– Future Growth Areas

– Zoning By-law Reform


Key Supporting Initiatives

Vision 2020 & Clean Air Hamilton

• Mobile Monitoring studies

• Commuter Challenge

• Upwind Downwind Conference

• Anti-idling Campaign


Key Supporting Initiatives - con’t

• Places to Grow

– increased emphasis on transit supportive land uses, complete communities and people & goods movement

• Provincial Policy Statement

– policies relating to transportation systems, transportation corridors and infrastructure as well as economic development

• MoveOntario 2020

– Funding dedicated to new or improved rapid transit for the GTHA– Administered by Metrolinx

• Regional Transportation Plan (Metrolinx)

– a comprehensive blue print for an effective, convenient, and seamless transportation system

– strategic long term vision for a co-ordinated and improved transportation across the GTHA and guidelines for infrastructure investment decisions and land use planning around these systems


Provincial Directions

• Opportunity for continued collaboration √ Members of Council √ Staff from across the Corporation who deal with

Transportation issues and impacts√ Community Groups√ Other Municipalities and levels of Government√ Opportunity to expand on previously held workshops

√ Pedestrian Workshop (November 2006)√ Transit Workshop (September 2007)√ Transportation Summit (April 2008, 2009)

• New Project Manager staff approved (2008) Transportation Master Plan Implementation Transportation Demand Management

• Rapid Transit Office opportunities Preparing for Metrolinx announcements


Building on Initiatives

Thank you!

For additional information, contact:

Alan Kirkpatrick

Project Manager – Transportation Demand Management

[email protected]

905-546-2424 extension 4173

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Documents

tdm slide

transit nodes

technology slide

background slide

aggressive transit expansion

transit modal share

tmp cont slide

incline railway transit