The implementation plan for the Active Transportation Master Plan was referred to the 2020 budget deliberations, planned for January 27, 2020, for Council's consideration. This report outlines aspects of implementation practices needed to achieve the goals of the Active Transportation Master Plan (ATMP).

Discussion:

The Active Transportation Master Plan (ATMP) outlines a 20-year plan, with an estimated capital cost of $148M, to provide service enhancements by increasing the City's investment in sidewalks, trails and cycling facilities. The goal, as outlined in the ATMP, is to create opportunities for people to utilize other modes of transportation in a safe and effective manner. This report outlines an approach so the City can achieve quick wins over the next two years as well as identify continued network improvements that will occur over the short-term (within 5 years), medium term (5-10 years) and longterm (10-20 years).

As City Council will recall, at the February 4, 2019 Council Meeting, City Council approved via CR35/2019 the use of Whole Life Cycle Costing and Triple Bottom Line assessment tools for pilot projects to be identified by the Asset Planning Steering Committee. The implementation of the ATMP was identified by the Steering Committee as one of the first pilot projects for these assessment tools. noted that the social, environmental and economic values associated with the ATMP have been brought forward in the ATMP and its corresponding report and presentation on July 22, 2019. As such a Triple Bottom Line assessment has not been included in this report. While the ATMP noted whether a recommendation had operational and or on-going capital implications it stopped short of quantifying the related costs. As such, this report does include the whole life cycle costing associated with the various types of active transportation facilities recommended in the ATMP. This will provide City Council with additional clarity on costs associated with providing these additional services, in whole or in part, and based on the various types of transportation facilities listed in the report. 

The ATMP included an implementation strategy based on a number of principles. Those principles are:

• 1. The Active Transportation Master Plan is one step towards implementing the vision for active transportation in the City of Windsor, it is not the last.
• 2. The Active Transportation Master Plan is a flexible and living document.
• 3. The City should monitor, review, and update the Active Transportation Master Plan on a regular basis as needed.
• 4. The City should develop a yearly Active Transportation Action Plan and multi year forecast.
• 5. The City should engage in further public consultation to implement many recommendations of the Active Transportation Master Plan.
• 6. Successful implementation of the Active Transportation Master Plan will require significant changes in terms of:
• • Increased funding levels;
• • Increased staff resources;