City of Pickering Official Plan- Edition 6

CITY POLICY
Pedestrian and Cycling
Safety (cont’d)
(b) for pedestrians, provide separation from
vehicular traffic and further enhance a
sense of safety by,
(i) allowing greater use of on-street
parking on roads, except freeways,
Type A arterial roads, and some
areas on Type B arterial roads,
during appropriate times of the day
and year to buffer pedestrians from
moving vehicles;
(ii) providing medians or islands to serve
as a pedestrian refuge within
extremely wide road surfaces;
(iii) providing sidewalks on both sides of
arterial roads, collector roads, roads
through higher density residential
and commercial areas, or as a
minimum, on one side of all roads;
(iv) ensuring sidewalk ramps and
curb-cuts at intersections are level
with the road;
(v) eliminating rolled or mountable
curbs along streets in higher speed
traffic areas where pedestrian safety
could be compromised;
(vi) improving signalization timing for
pedestrians;
(vii)providing pedestrian activated traffic
lights; and
(c) for cyclists, provide bikeway
opportunities, as identified by the Trails
and Bikeway Master Plan, that minimize
the potential for conflict with vehicular
traffic through such measures as,
(i) on higher volume streets, or those
with on-street parking, provide
bikeway lanes separated from the
traveled portion of the road,
(ii) on other streets, provide dedicated
bikeway lanes within the traveled
portion of the road, and
(iii) for off-road multi-use trails, design
and construct in a manner that is
consistent with recommendations of
the Trails and Bikeway Master Plan.
PICKERING OFFICIAL PLAN EDITION 6: Chapter Thirteen -- Detailed Design Considerations 282