connected vehicles (e.g. OnStar-equipped vehicles), ridesharing services, and freight vehicle tracking services.

Recently, as this technology has matured and as these data sources have become more prevalent, these services have become a viable source of traffic data in some circumstances. Administration is in the process of purchasing a subscription to Streetlight Data, a service that already has GPS-based traffic data for 2019 for all Windsor streets; this has enabled the review of traffic calming requests – as well as certain other reviews that rely on traffic data – to continue despite the current inability to collect data by traditional methods.

Since the Traffic Calming Policy does not specify any particular method for traffic data collection, this approach does not require any waiver or amendment to the Policy.

Petition

To confirm a minimum level of neighbourhood support for traffic calming, the Traffic Calming Policy calls for requestors to circulate a petition to a one-block area; 60% support from this area is required for the project to proceed.

Current restrictions on face-to-face contact make it impractical for a resident to circulate a petition door-to-door.

An alternative that would not require face-to-face contact would be to replace the paper survey with a poll through 311. Residents in the petition area would be notified by a mailed letter.

Current Petitions

As of the date of this report, there are 11 traffic calming petitions that have been sent to requestors for circulation that have not yet expired and have not yet been returned. Should Council approve this temporary modification to the Traffic Calming Policy, these requestors will be contacted to confirm the status of their petitions and to offer them the option of replacing their petitions with a poll through 311.

Public Meeting

The Traffic Calming Policy identifies a number of required points of public consultation. One such point is a public meeting where the draft traffic calming plan is presented to residents for feedback.

Administration proposes that during the time that an in-person public meeting would not be in keeping with physical distancing restrictions and guidelines, any public meetings required by the Traffic Calming Policy be held online.

The Policy does not specify that the meeting must be in-person, so this change in approach does not require a waiver of the Policy.