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JOINT MEETING
METROPOLITAN CYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE
TORONTO CITY CYCLING COMMITTEE
NORTH YORK CYCLING AND PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE
A G E N D A
Date of Meeting: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 Enquiry: Mary Casini
Time: 7:00 p.m. Interim Contact
Location: Room No. 303 (416) 392-9152
3rd Floor, Metro Hall E-mail: mcasini@city.toronto.on.ca
55 John Street
Toronto, Ontario
DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO
THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES.
PRESENTATION -
Respecting Item No. 2 -
Hydro/Rail Corridors Bike Trail Feasibility Study:
- Mr. Daniel Egan, Urban Planning and Development Services, Toronto Planning.
COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS.
1. REPORTS OF SUB-COMMITTEES -
(i) Pedestrians Issues Sub-Committee - Ms. Joan Doiron, Chair;
(ii) Network Planning Sub-Committee and the Bicycle Planning Sub-Committee -
Mr. Jack Becker, Co-Chair;
(iii) Transit Integration Sub-Committee - Mr. Alan Burke, Chair;
(iv) Promotion/Liaison Sub-Committee - Councillor Jack Layton, Interim Chair; and
(v) Education Safety and Security Sub-Committee - Mr. Phil Piltch and
Ms. Marleen Van Laethem, Co-Chairs.
(PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO MATERIAL ATTACHED FOR ITEMS (i) to (iv))
2. HYDRO/RAIL CORRIDORS BIKE TRAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY.
(PRESENTATION ITEM)
A report will be distributed at the meeting.
3. PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS.
City Clerk
(April 14, 1998)
Submitting, for approval, the following proposed schedule of meetings for the balance of
1998 for the interim joint meetings of the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee,
the Toronto City Cycling Committee and the North York Cycling and Pedestrian Committee,
to be held on Mondays at 7:00 p.m.:
- May 25;
- July 13;
- August 24;
- October 5; and
- November 30.
(PLEASE NOTE: THERE IS NO MATERIAL ATTACHED FOR THIS ITEM)
4. 1998 CITY PLANNING WORK PROGRAM.
Mr. Jack Becker, Chair
Network Planning Sub-Committee
Submitting a copy of a report dated March 6, 1998, addressed to the Urban Environment and
Development Committee from the Commissioner, Urban Planning and Development
Services, headed "1998 City Planning Work Program"; and recommending that:
(1) the aforementioned report be referred to the Sub-Committees with a request that they
report to the next joint meeting of the Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian
Committee, the Toronto City Cycling Committee and the North York Cycling and
Pedestrian Committee on the work activities that are of interest to them; and
(2) Members of the aforementioned Committees review the Work Program and identify
the activities that the Joint Committees should be following.
5. RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
Ms. Joan Doiron, Chair
Pedestrian Issues Sub-Committee
Submitting, for information, a copy of a communication dated April 3, 1998, addressed to
the Urban Environment and Development Committee from the Pedestrian Issues
Sub-Committee containing various recommendations respecting pedestrian safety; advising
that the recommendations follow from a tragic increase in the number of fatalities on Toronto
streets thus far in 1998; and that the increase is clearly connected to the increasing failure of
motor vehicles to comply with rules of the road (running red lights, speeding, etc.).
6. CYCLIST SAFETY REVIEW BY THE REGIONAL CORONER.
Councillor Jack Layton, Co-Chair
Metropolitan Cycling and Pedestrian Committee
Submitting, for information, a copy of a communication addressed to the Cycling Safety
Committee from the Office of the Regional Coroner for Metropolitan Toronto dated
March 31, 1998, forwarding a draft report on Cycling Safety in the City of Toronto for
review; and advising that a final report will be released prior to the end of April 1998.
ANY OTHER MATTERS.
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