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ITEM: TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, OTTAWA PEDESTRIAN PLAN AND OTTAWA CYCLING PLAN UPDATE |
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Motion To: MOVED BY: Councillor M. Wilkinson WHEREAS Kanata South and Kanata North have grown significantly in recent decades and the area along March Road is an important economic development and employment centre driven by the high tech industry; AND WHEREAS approximately 3000 new homes and additional employment opportunities are planned for the Kanata North area, and the areas around Highway 417 and Terry Fox Drive and the future Kanata West development are currently under serviced by rapid transit; AND WHEREAS the City has set important modal split targets for alternative modes of transportation, including walking, cycling and transit; AND WHEREAS the Transportation Master Plan (TMP) Affordable Transit Network includes at-grade BRT from Highway 417 to Carling Avenue, and transit priority measures on March Road north of that, and no BRT west of March Road along Highway 417; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Ottawa Transit Commission recommends that Transportation Committee recommend that Bus Rapid Tran pop-out |
R. Bloess S. Blais M. Wilkinson S. Qadri K. Egli D. Deans K. Hobbs T. Tierney E. Rahn M. Johnson |
B. Crew (a) J. Ferrabee (a) |
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Motion To: MOVED BY: Councillor S. Qadri WHEREAS in 2008 the City put forward an ultimate rapid transit network showing long-term plans for rapid transit services across the City including future conversions of Bus Rapid Transit corridors to rail across the bulk of the transit network; AND WHEREAS an affordability analysis has been completed as part of the draft 2013 TMP that has identified the Affordable Rapid Transit and Transit Priority (RTTP) Network, a group of priority projects to be implemented before 2031; AND WHEREAS the City’s Official Plan continues to protect the right of way for all future transit projects included in the Affordable RTTP Network, as well as the RTTP Network Concept; AND WHEREAS all RTTP projects are designed and built in order to allow for seamless future technology conversion; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Ottawa Transit Commission recommends that Transportation Committee recommend that the ultimate RTTP network, which highlights all future conversions to rail, be incl pop-out |
R. Bloess S. Blais M. Wilkinson S. Qadri K. Egli D. Deans K. Hobbs T. Tierney E. Rahn M. Johnson |
B. Crew (a) J. Ferrabee (a) |
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Motion To: Moved by Councillor R. Bloess: WHEREAS the LRT network expansion is being considered in its totality; and WHEREAS the expansion is contingent on the affordability of its parts; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that should any change in the timing of the transit components need to occur due to a change in the funding and affordability assumptions, that an evaluation of the business case on the Light Rail Transit investment be brought forward to the appropriate Standing Committee(s)/Commission and Council for consideration. pop-out |
R. Bloess S. Blais M. Wilkinson S. Qadri K. Egli D. Deans K. Hobbs T. Tierney E. Rahn M. Johnson |
B. Crew (a) J. Ferrabee (a) |
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Motion To: That the item be amended as per the previous motion(s). pop-out |
R. Bloess S. Blais M. Wilkinson S. Qadri K. Egli D. Deans K. Hobbs T. Tierney E. Rahn M. Johnson |
B. Crew (a) J. Ferrabee (a) |
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| Name | Last | Phone | |
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| Diane | Deans | diane.deans@ottawa.ca | 613-580-2480 |
| Laura | Dudas | Laura.Dudas@ottawa.ca | 613-580-2472 |
| Keith | Egli | keith.egli@ottawa.ca | 613-580-2479 |
| Glen | Gower | Glen.Gower@ottawa.ca | 613-580-2476 |
| Jeff | Leiper | jeff.leiper@ottawa.ca | 613-580-2485 |
| Jenna | Sudds | Jenna.Sudds@ottawa.ca | 613-580-2474 |
| Tim | Tierney | timothy.tierney@ottawa.ca | 613-580-2481 |
| Vacant | Vacant | ward19co@ottawa.ca | 613-580-2489 |