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The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be
Robert Grimwood
ACT Canada Sustainable Mobility & Healthy
Communities Summit
1 December 2014www.blog.smartmotors.com
Past
Present
Future
Walking & Cycling in Ontario
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www.mec.ca
www.pennyfarthingsbicycles.com
www.wonderfulengineering.com
The Past3
Apartment613 (www.apt613.ca)
Design for Cars
Peds & cyclists are incidental
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Accommodate Pedestrians
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Provide for basic needs “Enhancements” in certain contexts
www.thestar.com
Bikes are Vehicles
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www.OntarioRoadMaps.ca
www.cnn.com
“Strong and Fearless”
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www.pedbikeimages.org / Dan Burden
www.nationalpost.com
The Present8
Prioritizing Walking & Cycling
Shifting toward balance Changes at the Provincial level
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Prioritizing Walking & Cycling (2)
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Changes at the local level
Design for Cyclists
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New Provincial guidance
Design for Cyclists (2)
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Local implementation
Design for Pedestrians
Steady progress
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www.thestar.com
Bikes ≠ Cars
Complementary Provincial legislative changes (Bill 31)
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“Normal People” as Cyclists
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The Future
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Priorities: “Walk the Talk”
Provincial actions and funding Implementation Tough decisions about trade-offs
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Evolving Design Guidance
Continually evolving guidance
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www.streetsblog.org
Evolving Analysis Tools
Multi-modal performance measures
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www.streetsblog.org
New Challenges
No shortage of issues to address
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www.daraparker.com
We’ve come a long way...
...and we have a long way to go
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Walking & Cycling in Ontario
