D urham R egion C ycling C oalition DRCC Promoting Safe Cycling - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Durham Region Cycling Coalition

DRCC

Promoting Safe Cycling Throughout Durham Region

www.durhamsafecycling.ca

WHO ARE WE?

• Founded in 2015, as a voice for the Region’s

5 largest cycling club (1,200 + active members)

– Oshawa Cycling Club – Durham Mountain Bike Association – Durham Cycling Club – Clarington Cycling Club – Uxbridge Cycling Club

• Endorsed by the Region’s 5 bike shops

– Impala, Northern, Bicycle Plus, Cycle Life, Bay Cycle

• We supports all levels & types of cyclists
• Including the thousands of local non-club cyclists

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WHY?

• We are promoting Safe Cycling throughout

Durham Region, as an Active means of Transportation

• Why Cycling?

– Health – Sustainability – Environmentally – Economics

• savings to health care system, plus less wear and tear to the infrastructure

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Map of Uxbridge 15- 30 km rings

Typical road rider will ride 60-120 km for a club ride – your customer base!

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Interconnection of cycling routes …

…to the rest of Durham and York Region

Advantages of these connections: A) Safer cycling for all!!! B) Cyclists as commuters C) Other Durham/York cyclists visiting Uxbridge ($$) D) Your local cyclists can “get out of town" to other areas in Durham and York regions. (Safely!) (UCC) E) Uxbridge is critical to cycle tourism (the intersection)

A) GreenBelt route (tourism) B) Hub for mountain bikers with Dagmar, Durham Forest…(DMBA) C) Trans Canada trail (tourism) D) Oak Ridges trail (tourism)

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Cycling plan and Cycling committee?

the starting points of improvements, DRCC advice – you need both

Do you have a Uxbridge Cycling Plan?

• A cycling plan lets you 1st develop and then focus on a

longer term view of what is important to Uxbridge

• They are each unique to the municipality
• Helps your budgeting and town staff planning
• Local cyclists do want to help you (DRCC, UCC, DMBA)

Do you have a Uxbridge Cycling committee (or Active

Transportation Committee) ? – made up of local residents?

• Helps locals provide input to the Cycling plan
• Helps further develop your cycling needs
• Advisory committee to Uxbridge council regarding AT
• Both Ajax and Whitby have them… Oshawa is close (tonight?)

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Cycling infrastructure – a team sport

useable cycling roads…

• We understand that many of the roads cyclists use

are not within Uxbridge’s control

• Like roads in Pickering, Whitby, Scugog & York Region
• This “bigger picture” is what the DRCC is

communicating to regional leadership. We all need to work together!

Summer 2014 Summer 2015 Fall 2015 This is your main tourist cycling route from the south… Ashburn Road – in Scugog …

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Some recent good progress…

(good news worth sharing)

DMBA/TRCA creation

• f new Dagmar trails

Needed is a 6.9 Km paved shoulder, trail or safe cycle route?

Uxbridge has a skate board park and have now approved a pump track

Needed is a 1.7 Km paved shoulder or MPT?

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Some areas for improvements - page 1

• Main St Uxbridge (7th Conc.) needs paved shoulders

– Was resurfaced at Elgin Park, should have added paved shoulder to make bike friendly for local cyclists (create a cycling route) – A Cycling Plan & Active Transportation Committee may have helped?

• Attract Mountain Bikers to Uxbridge’s downtown

– develop a mountain bike trail from Durham Forest to downtown area.

• Needed is a 6.9 Km paved shoulder, trail or safe cycle route?

– Tran Can Trail to Elgin Park from Durham Forest, not cycling friendly

• Uxbridge skate board park and soon a pump track

– Improved bike lanes on the road and/or bike trails are needed to get there Needed is a 1.7 Km paved shoulder &/or MPT? – They will also need a safe way of crossing the road for pedestrians and cyclists – Parents are driving kids here & to soccer… this is a missed

• pportunity

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Some areas for improvements - page 2

• 7th Conc. South needs paved shoulders

– Start with “the hill” to make safer for cyclist and cars.

• Work with Region to add shoulder on .75 km of

Durham/York line (Regional Road 30)

– Between Aurora Road and Wagg Road (a major risk for local cyclists) – The DRCC is doing a presentation to DR regarding cycling GAPS

• Consider alternative routes for Green Belt Route

– Chalk Lake Road – from Con 7 to Ashburn Road – Many of the GreenBelt routes through Uxbridge have poor road surfaces for cycling (both for local cyclists and cycle tourist)

• Wagg Road is a cycling jewel for Uxbridge cyclist

– Consider adding paved shoulder on cycling routes 5-15% (+savings) – See the list DRCC provided of other comments from area cyclist

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Some questions to consider…

A Cycling Plan and Active Trans Committee will help answer these questions

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• Are they all cycle friendly

and safe?

• Are road crossings

marked?

• Are schools, parks and

communities connected?

• Are they “way pointed”

and signed?

• Do they meet MTO

standards for AT trails?

• Are they part of an
• verall cycling plan?
• Are they maintained?
• Are they well know by

locals?

• Are they advertised or

show cased?

• Do locals want more or

better?

Some ideas from local cyclists…

Consider having a Green Belt route alternative?

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Stop for water break at Lake Ridge/Chalk Lake Road

Strava Heat Map

Created by 6M Runners & Cyclists world wide Google “Strava heat map”… it’s totally free and it shows where many of us ride/run

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Road cycling Improve safety

where we ride…

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Wagg Road – Durham 30 – Aurora Road

Road cycling Improve safety

where we ride…

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Durham Forest/Dagmar/Walkers/etc. for mountain bikers

Road cycling Improve safety

where we ride…

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Sample of a known cycling route – Con 7 north of Uxbridge

Road cycling Improve safety

where we ride…

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Talk to local cyclists they know what is safe and what are the best routes and improve them

Close gaps to Improve safety

from DRCC members perspective…

York/Durham Line (Uxbridge) Pave shoulder – Wagg/Aurora - .75 km This is a slide from our DRCC Regional leadership GAP presentation

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Close gaps to Improve safety

from DRCC members perspective…

GreenBelt Route - Uxbridge /Pickering town line between 6th concession and York/Durham town line –– repave road 10 km, plus 6th Concession N/S – pave Road – 6 km This is a slide from our DRCC Regional leadership GAP presentation

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Our advice… to start

Promoting Safe Cycling Throughout Durham Region

• Create a Active Transportation Committee of council
• Develop a Uxbridge Cycling Plan (with your ATC)
• Upgrade and repair a few know cycling routes
• Add cycling into your 2016 budget (don’t put it off)
• Support active transportation and healthy citizens

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We are all in this together…

Promoting Safe Cycling Throughout Durham Region

• We do understand it can NOT all be done in 2016
• But we need to start, for the health, safety and

enjoyment of your citizens

• Thank you for the invitation for the DRCC to come

speak to you

• Do you have any questions?

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Strava Heat Map

Created by 6M Runners & Cyclists world wide Google “Strava heat map”… it’s totally free and it shows where many of us ride/run

www.durhamsafecycling.ca