Route	ATMP Priority	Status	GoodCandidate forAcceleration?	Notes
Riverdale Avenue	Low	Initial Planning	Potentially - See notes	Currently a signed cycling route (non-AAA). The ATMP identifies Riverdale for a future AAA cycling route.A preliminary review indicates that a multi-use trail can be accommodated on the east side of Riverdale.

Risk Analysis:

There are moderate resource risks associated with accelerating any of the identified projects, since this will have the e ffect of “de - prioritizing” other projects identified as high priority in the Active Transportation Master Plan.

Climate Change Risks

Climate Change Mitigation:

Carbon dioxide emissions for each scenario were forecasted based on estimates of fuel consumption provided by Synchro 10 traffic analysis software. For the Wyandotte Street East corridor, carbon dioxide emissions are mainly a function of two factors:

• Vehicle volume: the Active Transportation Master Plan provides targets for non-auto mode share.

  • It is unlikely that the Active Transportation Master Plan’s non -auto mode share targets will be achieved without providing the Regional Spine cycling route through this area.

• Congestion: traffic congestion tends to increase emissions, due to increased acceleration and braking in congested conditions.

  • Reducing the number of through lanes on Wyandotte Street East tends to increase congestion along the corridor significantly.

The net effect of these two factors can be seen in Table 2 and Table 3. Important limitations on the estimates should be noted:

• The analysis only considers emissions during the weekday AM and PM peak hours (“rush hour”). However, these tend to be the most significant periods for overall emissions, since vehicle volumes and emissions per vehicle both tend to be highest during “rush hour” conditions.