A New Mobility Transportation Master Plan for London

Short-Term Priorities and Immediate Action Plan
Action Plan Point Timing Rationale
8. Implement On-Street
Priority Cycling
Routes
9. Finalize a Downtown
Parking Strategy
10. Identify Opportunities
for Park-and-Ride
Facilities
11. Finalize and
Implement a Short-
Term Transportation
Demand Management
Plan
12. Develop a
Communications Plan
to Build Community
Support
2013 – 2014
2014
2014
2012 – 2014
2013
A New Mobility Transportation Master Plan for London
To bring the City’s on-street cycling routes up to par with its off-street
trail network, four continuous on-street cycling routes have been
identified for early implementation.
Short and long-term parking strategies for the downtown area should
incorporate pricing structures to support transit and make it easier for
more people to come downtown.
Park-and-ride facilities at the extremities of the bus rapid transit lines
will boost ridership and reduce automobile usage. Due to the need
for property acquisition or negotiation of shared parking use with
others such as shopping mall owners, additional time will be required.
A park-and-ride plan in the near term will ensure that such facilities
can be put in place as quickly as possible.
Various initiatives have been recommended for short-term
implementation. These need to be detailed in the context of existing
programs and consolidated into a cohesive program.
A level of momentum has been created through the Transportation
Master Plan process, but this needs to be continued and expanded to
ensure Transportation Master Plan success.
4.5.1 Cement Transportation Master Plan Foundations
The completion of the TMP is not the end of the planning process for land use and
transportation in the community. The first action item recommended for immediate
implementation is actually a series of recommendations aimed at updating other City
policy documents to “cement the TMP foundations”.
The revised land use direction described in the TMP will
need additional work to refine it to suit the nodes and
corridors where additional growth will be directed. The
City is currently embarking on their Official Plan update,
entitled ReThink London, which among other objectives
will incorporate the TMP land use and transportation
policies into the Official Plan. This not only confirms the
City’s commitment to the TMP recommendations, but
gives the land use and transportation policies legal force
under the Planning Act, so that the City can ensure
individual development applications and area growth
plans are consistent with the plan directions.
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