The Eighty-Eight Elements Trail
From Journey to the Future: A Better World Is Possible by Guy Dauncey, pages 98-99
Planning & Design
- Integrated sustainable mobility; active living planning and design code
- Community participation, ‘Before and After’ images
- Redeveloped main streets, revitalized neighbourhood centres
- Shopping malls become mixed-use neighbourhoods and new main streets
- Land-use change towards compact, complete communities, ten minute walk
- Traffic calming in key areas
- 40 kph limit in urban areas
- Reduced residential width requirements - narrower streets are safer
- Square cut corners, not rounded for speed
- Curb radius reductions at intersections, down to 10.2 metres
- Stop bar setbacks away from pedestrian crossings
- No double right or left turns
- Natural drainage, creeks restored, porous paving
Pedestrian
- Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Walkability audits
- Sidewalks: 2 meters, unobstructed, safe and beautiful
- Low cost concrete blocks for sidewalk extensions
- Fines for sidewalk obstruction, same as for roads
- Boulevards planted, cared for by residents
- Trees planted and preserved for beauty and shelter
- Public art - seats, sculptures, poetry, gathering places, water fountains
- Pedestrian lighting
- Crosswalks: clear colored, signed, white-lined
- 30 seconds countdown signs
- No vehicle right turns on red
- Street bollards for safety vs cars
- Safe medians, offset for pedestrians
- Corner curb bulbs, landscaped
- Short apron for cars crossing sidewalk
- Wheelchairs: smooth paving surfaces, 2 ramps per corner, right angle curb cuts
- Shopping malls include pedestrian walks
- Parking garages include pedestrian walks
- Clear maps and signage
Cycling
- Bike Users Groups give input to City
- Safe, separated bike lanes
- Bicycle boulevards
- Bicycle off-road trails
- Regular maintenance of all bike lanes and routes
- Secure parking at transit stations, schools
- On-street car parking converted to bike-parking
- Great maps and signage
- Schools: every student learns to ride
- Safe routes to school and community centres
- Cycling skills training courses
- Bike-sharing program
- Clear intersection design, painted road surfaces
- LED green bollards before lights
- Traffic signals set to detect bikes
- Electric bikes
- Bikes on buses
- Enforcement
- Helmet legislation repealed once cycling hits 30%
Transit, LRT & Rail
- Electric powered buses & LRT
- Fast, frequent, reliable - every 8 minutes on busy routes
- Pulse service, taking passengers to transfer points every hour, ½ hour
- Transit lanes, traffic signal priority
- Attractive transit hubs
- Great transit stops - seats, protection, cleaned, art
- Real-time electronic timetables
- Prepaid fares - U-Pass for all, family passes
- Bus rapid transit on key corridors
- Light Rail Transit expansion
- Rail revitalization and electrification
Driving & Parking
- Electric vehicles
- City-wide fast-recharging facilities
- City-wide Carsharing
- Parking spaces for mini-vehicles and carsharing
- Neighbourhood Ridesharing
- Park and Ride stations
- Increased parking prices
- Reduced off-street parking requirements, eliminated in most areas
- Unbundling of planned parking requirements
- Residential parking permits
- Shopping Mall parking fees
- Parking benefit districts with fees for neighbourhood improvements
- Green Mobility programs at places of work
- Parking cash-out for employees
Financial
- Smart transport card for all uses
- Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance
- Integrated transportation budgeting
- Financial shift from new roads and bridges to integrated mobility
- Road-pricing as a source of transportation income
- Health and other benefits included in budgeting
Freight Movement
- Electrification of freight
- Maximize rail-based freight
- Load-sharing
- Freight hub centre for e-pods
- Small city delivery freight vehicles
- Cargo-bike delivery for small loads
