Transportation Committee

That this item be submitted for discussion at the next regular meeting.

That the Transportation Committee approve the addition of the following Motion, pursuant to subsection 84(3) of the Procedure By-law, due to tlmelines.

WHEREAS City Council has requested that the Ontario Minister of Transportation amend the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) to provide priority to pedestrians at non-controlled pedestrian crossings, and the Minister of Transportation responded on August 13, 2013 indicating that it would not support such an amendment or permit the City to use such non-signalized crossings; and WHEREAS the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) has recently pulled out of the Ontario Traffic Council’s project on pedestrian crossings, which had representation from MTO and interested Ontario municipalities, including the City of Ottawa; and WHEREAS the MTO has initiated a new review of pedestrian control devices in line with the Transportation Association of Canada’s Pedestrian Facilities guideline, including Pedestrian Crossovers (PXO), which is an approved Highway Traffic Act device that facilitates the movement of pedestrians across the road through signs, markings and overhead flashing amber lights, and Pedestrian Crossovers without the overhead flashing amber lights (PXOII) proposed for low volume roads but not yet approved as a device within the Highway Traffic Act ; and WHEREAS it is expected that the MTO will invite municipalities to participate in their review; and WHEREAS staff will be preparing a comprehensive pedestrian crossing report in 2014/2015 that will identify all crossing device types, including pedestrian crossovers and roundabouts, their use, warrants, cost and supporting funding to