Active Transportation
Active Transportation includes all forms of human-powered travel such as walking, cycling, skiing, canoeing and the use of mobility assisted devices. These Active Transportation modes can use on-road or off-road facilities such as trails, sidewalks, walkways, bike lanes, and may also be combined with the use of Public Transit. These trips primarily take place to and from work, shopping, entertainment areas, school and community facilities or even to visit a friend. Active Transportation facilities increase accessibility, tourism potential, and the health and quality of life while reducing vehicle emissions, energy use, and travel or infrastructure costs.
Draft Active Transportation Plan
The City of Prince George is developing an Active Transportation Plan that will guide the development of a continuous, safe and enjoyable Active Transportation Network. The development of a Draft Active Transportation Plan began in the Spring of 2009 with an Open House where people provided their ‘vision’ for Active Transportation, completed surveys and identified key barriers or links. The Draft Active Transportation Plan incorporates policies and standards from existing plans such as the Cycle Network Plan, City Centennial Trails Project, Pedestrian Network Plan, Transit Service Review, Active Communities Strategic Plan and others that relate to the development and management of the Active Transportation Network. The Plan makes a number of recommendations to Active Transportation standards and guidelines, infrastructure, as well as policies and programs.
To view the Plan, click on the links below. To access a high quality, print version of the plan, click here (note file size is 75MB).
Plan Sections:
- Executive Summary
- Introduction & Background
- Literature Review
- Public Consultation
- Existing Active Transportation Network (incl. maps)
- Standards & Guidelines
- Active Transportation Infrastructure (incl. maps)
- Policies & Programs
- Implementation – to be completed in the Fall of 2010
Maps:
- Map 1 Bicycle & Trail Network
- Map 2 Pedestrian Network Plan
- Map 3 Existing Transit System
- Map 4 Active Transportation Origins & Destinations
- Map 5a Hart/North Nechako Proposed Pedestrian Network
- Map 5b Hart/North Nechako Proposed Cycle Network
- Map 6a North Bowl/Cranbrook Hill Proposed Pedestrian Network
- Map 6b North Bowl/Cranbrook Hill Proposed Cycle Network
- Map 7a South Bowl/UNBC Proposed Pedestrian Network
- Map 7b South Bowl/UNBC Proposed Cycle Network
- Map 8a College Heights/West Proposed Pedestrian Network
- Map 8b College Heights/West Proposed Cycle Network
- Map 9a Blackburn Proposed Pedestrian Network
- Map 9b Blackburn Proposed Cycle Network
Presentation to Council
The Draft Active Transportation Plan was presented to Council on Monday, July 5th, 2010. To view the Council Report, click here. To view the presentation, click here.
Survey
To provide your comments on the Draft Active Transportation Plan, click on the link below. Surveys can also be completed via telephone by calling the City of Prince George at 250-561-7600, Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm.
The Survey will be open for entries from Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 to Friday, August 6th, 2010.
Next Steps
Once the survey results are compiled and the stakeholder consultation process has been completed, the Draft Plan will be revised and will include an Implementation Strategy for development. The Plan will then be presented to Council for adoption in the fall of 2010. Once adopted, the Plan will be merged into the Official Community Plan which is currently under review.
For more information on the Active Transportation Plan, please contact:
Glenn Stanker, P.Eng, PTOE, Transportation Engineer
Phone: 250-561-7600
Fax: 250-561-7721