B5/2020

That the report of the Environment, Transportation & Public Safety Standing Committee regarding CQ14-2018 Cabana Road East / Roseland Public School Pedestrians - WARD 9 and Additional Information - Cabana Road East Roseland Public School Pedestrians - WARD 9 BE DEFERRED to a future meeting of Council, to allow for the citywide traffic calming report to be issued and considered first.

The reports (ETPS 657, including S 156/2018 and S 29/2019) referred to in B5/2020 are attached as Appendix 1 for information. Related report C 45/2019 is attached as Appendix 2.

Discussion:

Temporary Versus Permanent Traffic Calming Measures

In general, temporary traffic calming measures might be selected for a project rather than permanent measures for one of the following reasons:

• To expedite traffic calming: at locations that have been approved (or are likely to be approved) for permanent traffic calming measures, it is sometimes desirable to install temporary measures while the permanent traffic calming plan waits for funding approval, design, and construction.

• To allow the measures to be removed quickly: in cases where traffic calming measures are installed without the normal public approval process, using temporary measures allows the measures to be removed quickly if negative feedback is received from residents.

• For temporary traffic issues: if a neighbourhood is experiencing (or is expected to experience) temporary traffic issues, temporary traffic calming measures can be installed, and then removed once the temporary traffic issues have ended.

• To reduce cost (applies only to certain measures): in some cases, temporary measures can be installed for lower cost than permanent measures; also, some traffic calming devices (e.g. radar speed feedback signs) can be rotated through several locations so that one device can be used to provide benefit on multiple streets, though not necessarily at the same service level as one device at a fixed location.

• As an interim measure: if a road has qualified for traffic calming but is planned for road works in the near future (e.g. road reconstruction), it may be appropriate to install temporary traffic calming measures as an interim solution.

Additionally, some jurisdictions have implemented programs of lower-impact temporary traffic calming measures that are used for locations that do not meet the normal warrant for typical traffic calming measures.

For both temporary and permanent traffic calming, most municipalities use traffic data (e.g. measured speed and volumes) to confirm that traffic calming will be effective at addressing the neighbourhood’s concerns and to prioritize between locations.