Purpose:

To provide results of the survey conducted of Cedarvale Community residents on various street blocks to determine majority support and preference to complete construction of the Cedarvale Traffic Management Plan.

Funding Sources:

The funds associated with the construction of the preferred traffic calming measures for each of the individual street sections supported by the majority of the municipally addressed property owners, estimated at $110,000.00, are contained in the Works and Emergency Services Department 1999 Capital Budget;

The funds associated with the construction of the preferred traffic calming measures on those individual street sections, where the responses were received from less than 50 percent of those polled, but the support from those who did respond is high, estimated at $60,000.00, are contained in the Works and Emergency Services Department 1999 Capital Budget.

Recommendations:

It is recommended that:

Background:

York Community Council, at its meeting of January 20, 1999, approved the following recommendation:

Comments:

The Cedarvale Traffic Management Plan was developed by a citizen task force, through an extensive public consultation process. The Traffic Plan consisted of numerous traffic calming measures aimed at reducing through traffic, reducing vehicular travel speeds, and improving pedestrian and cycling environments, to form a cohesive setting.

As a result the former City of York Council on June 25, 1997, approved the recommendations contained within the Cedarvale Community Traffic Plan within their jurisdictional control. Council further recommended the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto also approve those recommendations within their jurisdictional control, which was subsequently approved.

In late 1997, construction commenced on Phase I, which involved constructing twenty-one of the total forty traffic calming measures approved. For Council’s information, it was the decision of both the citizen traffic committee and the local Councillor to choose and request those twenty-one locations, within the allocated Capital Budget.

Phase II involves completing the remaining nineteen individual traffic calming measures, subject to results of a survey undertaken on an individual street block basis revealing majority support.

The attached Appendix details the results of the residents survey for each individual street section and the preferred traffic calming measure, according to resident owners, non-resident owners and tenants. The survey results have been divided into three categories. It was concluded that traffic calming is supported if more than 50 percent of property owners responded and more than 50 percent of those responses were favourable (Table 1). It was concluded that residents were opposed to traffic calming if 50 percent. of the responses were not favourable whether a majority of property owners responded or not (Table 2). However, there were two street sections where less than 50 percent. of property owners responded, but of those responses, there was a significant majority that were favourable (Table 3). These were considered to be "marginally supported" and it is requested that York Community Council provide direction on whether the traffic calming measures should be installed at these locations.

Conclusions:

The survey results have been categorized as follows:

1. Camberwell Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue;

2. Dewbourne Avenue between Westover Hill Road and Menin Road;

3. Dewbourne Avenue and Peveril Hill North;

4. Strathearn Road between Ava Road and Westover Hill Road;

5. Strathearn Road between Chiltern Hill Road and Bathurst Street.

Opposed to Traffic Calming

1. Avenal Drive between Peveril Hill South and Bathurst Street;

2. Dewbourne Avenue between Flanders Road and Westover Hill Road;

3. Dewbourne Avenue between Camberwell Road and Rostrevor Road;

4. Flanders Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue;

5. Glen Cedar Road between Markdale Avenue and Strathearn Road;

6. Rostrevor Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue;

7. Strathearn Road between Westover Hill Road and Warwick Avenue;

8. Strathearn Road between Markdale Avenue and Glen Cedar Road;

9. Strathearn Road and Glen Cedar Road;

10. Westover Hill Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue.

Marginal Support for Traffic Calming

1. Chiltren Hill Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue;

2. Glen Cedar Road between Eglinton Avenue West and Dewbourne Avenue.

Based on the survey results, the preferred traffic calming measures should be installed on those individual streets where there was support for traffic calming. Also, York Community Council is requested to decide whether the traffic calming measures should be installed on those individual streets where the number of responses received was clearly not a majority, but these responses did indicate support for traffic calming.

Contact Person:

Jacqueline White

Manager, Traffic Operations, District 1

397-5021

392-8504 (fax)

Table 3: Marginal Support for Traffic Calming