City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

Pedestrian and Cycling Safety
Attention to community design can assist in making a
significant difference in how easy it is for people to walk,
bicycle, or use transit, as advocated by the policies of other
sections in this Chapter. To further encourage this, the
policies of this section endeavour to ensure that the City’s
streets are safe and inviting to users while recognizing the
function of the road and the overall traffic movement
requirements.
13.16 In the design, redesign and operational
reviews of road corridors, City Council shall,
in consultation with the authority having
jurisdiction over the road, consider the
following designs and techniques in
appropriate locations to improve safety for
pedestrians and cyclists,
CITY POLICY
Pedestrian and Cycling
Safety
(a) reducing traffic speeds by road design,
instead of relying on posted speed
reductions, through traffic calming
techniques in appropriate circumstances,
such as,
(i) narrowing the street width and/or
lane widths;
(ii) reducing or eliminating visibility
triangles on local roads to slow
traffic and heighten awareness of
potential conflicts;
(iii) reducing the design standards for
horizontal and vertical curves in
roads;
(iv) introducing special features such as
traffic circles and roadway
constrictions;
(v) reducing intersection spacing along
appropriate roads; and
(vi) reducing the use of dedicated turn
lanes, divided from the main
intersection by islands, particularly
from higher speed roads onto lower
speed roads;
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