HomeMy WebLinkAboutINS-14-005 - Cycling Advisory Committee By-Law Review Recommendation and Annual Update
REPORT TO:Community and Infrastructure Services Committee
DATE OF MEETING:
January 13, 2014
SUBMITTED BY: Justin Readman, Director of Transportation Services
PREPARED BY:
Josh Joseph, Transportation Demand Management
Coordinator
WARD(S) INVOLVED:
All Wards
DATE OF REPORT:
January 6, 2014
REPORT NO.:
INS-14-005
SUBJECT:
CYCLING ADVISORY COMMITTEE BY-LAW REVIEW
RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDATION:
That staff be directed to review Kitchener Cycling Advisory Committee’s
recommendations for changes to existing City of Kitchener Bylaws to improve cycling-
related safety and provide comments within 90 days.
BACKGROUND:
On August 27, 2012, Kitchener City Council endorsed a report arising from the Office of
the Chief Coroner entitled “Cycling Death Review, A Review of All Accidental Cycling Deaths in
Ontario from January 1st, 2006 to December 31st, 2010”, and passed a motion to “review all of
its Bylaws related to cycling to ensure consistency, ease of understanding and better promotion
and enforcement”.
The City of Kitchener Cycling Advisory Committee (KCAC) was tasked with presenting
recommendations to Kitchener City Council. There is a substantial body of knowledge and
practice that has been collected and implemented in various jurisdictions both here and abroad
and it is the committee’s intention not to create an overwhelming process to address cycling
safety through a review of Bylaws but to present the best collected wisdom that is currently in
use elsewhere.
The current By-Law Number 2007-138 has been in force since November 1, 2007.
REPORT:
The attached annex provides an overview of the cycling advisory committee’s By-law
recommendations, which focus on the following:
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1. Passing a municipal “safe passing bylaw” or 1 metre rule
2. Rescind the prohibition on riding abreast
3. Explicitly prohibit dooring
4. Motorist turns at intersections where cyclists present
5. Yield to cyclists entering/in roundabouts
6. E-scooters/bikes on multi-use pathways
7. Cyclist behaviour on multi-use pathways
Staff are requiring formal Council direction to review these proposed By-law recommendations.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
None at this time.
CONCLUSION:
While these are recommendations for changes to City of Kitchener By-laws, the cycling advisory
committee anticipates that the City engage and collaborate with other local municipal
jurisdictions as well as the Province of Ontario to ensure consistent Bylaws in the pursuit of safe
cyclist and motorist interaction.
ACKNOWLEDGED BY: Pauline Houston, Deputy CAO
Infrastructure Services Department
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