Final draft reports are now available. You can provide feedback on the recommendations by attending one of the three open houses to be held February 22 and 23, or contact Norma Moores by February 29, 2012.
We are pleased to announce that the final report, recommendations and Regional Active Transportation Network Map will be available for the public to review and provide feedback on at Final Public Open Houses to be held February 21 and 22, 2012, 5 to 7 PM in Charlottetown, Cornwall and Stratford. Please see the advertisements for details. Special thanks go out to those individuals who have attended previous meetings and provided feedback on Progress Reports No. 1 and No. 2. Your input has been invaluable in helping to plan your communities so that walking and cycling are viable transportation choices.
You can download the display boards for the public open houses (4.5MB PDF).
This report presents the overall approach to the study, and the merging ideas that have come out of public and stakeholder consultation. It notes regional activity hubs, and regional-level barriers to effective active transportation. The focus of the report is on draft recommendations, grouped under creating a visible network, persuading big ideas, supporting local plans, and working together. Finally, the report provides a feedback form for you to let us know what you think.
Download Progress Report #2 (3.1 MB PDF)
This report presents background information about the study, along with preliminary recommendations that emerged through work with the study’s Steering Committee, Advisory Committee, field reviews, consultation with members of the public at Open Houses in September 2011, and results from the Vibrant Communities workshop in September 2011. Feedback from meetings with stakeholders held in November 2011 will be incorporated to form draft recommendations. These will be presented to the public at an open house in December 2011 for feedback.
Download Progress Report #1 (7.8 MB PDF)
Charlottetown, Cornwall, Stratford and the PEI Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal kick-off the Regional Active Transportation Plan kick-started the study by meeting with the consulting team on August 16, 2011. The meeting was followed by tours of the three municipalities on bicycle with municipal representatives and Norma Moores, Project Manager and Brian Hollingworth, Director, IBI Group. It was an opportunity to see and experience some of the great places to walk and bicycle and some of issues to overcome to encourage more people to try it.
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Norma Moores, Project Manager, IBI Group (left) is joined by Laura MacPherson, Sustainability Co-ordinator, City of Charlottetown; Allen Aiken, Traffic Operations Engineer, PEI Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal and Brian Hollingworth, Director, IBI Group in Charlottetown |
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Norma Moores, Project Manager, IBI Group (left) is joined by Cornwall Councillors Marlene Hunt and Corey Frizzell (with his son in the bike trailer). Allen Aiken, Traffic Operations Engineer, PEI Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal and Brian Hollingworth, Director, IBI Group in Charlottetown were also on the tour. |
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Robert Hughes, Chief Administrative Officer, Town of Stratford explains some of the trail connections to Brian Hollingworth, Director, IBI Group. Douglas Deacon, Sustainable Economic Development Coordinator, Town of Stratford; Allen Aiken, Traffic Operations Engineer, PEI Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal and Norma Moores, Project Manager, IBI Group were also on the tour |
The City of Charlottetown, Town of Stratford, Town of Cornwall and the PEI Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal are working together to develop an exciting plan to help improve conditions for cycling and walking in the Greater Charlottetown Area.
The Regional Active Transportation Plan will recommend ways to develop comfortable and attractive pedestrian and cycling facilities that will connect major activity hubs throughout Charlottetown, Stratford and Cornwall. It will also include policies and guidelines to inform local community decisions. Encouraging people to bicycle and walk more contributes to community sustainability with social, economic and environmental benefits for all citizens of Greater Charlottetown.
Active transportation is any form of human-powered transportation, that is walking, cycling, pedestrians with mobility devices, skateboarding, cross-country skiing, etc. The focus is on “purposeful trips” to work, school, shopping, errands, visiting; not just for recreation. Active transportation can take place along roads (walking and cycling), sidewalks (walking), and trails (single or multiple users). We need to find attractive, comfortable space connected to activity centres within our communities so more people will be encouraged to take some trips by walking or rolling.
HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES:
HELPING TO IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENT:
HELPING THE ECONOMY:
And walking and cycling are fun creating a sense of joie de vivre!
