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WA'I'FJtLDO 01mm - Wednesday. My 6. 2011 - 3 atmventul We \lot‘lhittttld Utsrt mums fun-mt deck kitchenerkiacom @ tints 3'thde petgaitts (d SWIM-I‘M ‘ .. - We, , ..... 519 511 2828 ' _,‘lw I m ‘ ‘ clin city Mi " ”w l Waterloo wins award for being bike friendly ~ ' . S ”W” . BYBOBVRIMNAC the Share the Road cycling Coali- having a master plan in place , ‘ ' ...,, "I! gaging? ' .. Chronicle Staff tion. Waterloo has had a master plan for ‘ g ’ ‘ ‘ ' The award was recognition for close to a decade and has received ‘ ». . , 5,1 , M ove over cars. you don't communities that actively support support from the Region of Water- . ‘ ~ , , .’ -‘ own the roads. Bicycles bicycling and came from a similar loo in the education and promo- . _ z '13,. are being given stronger initiative in the US. by the League tion front with the Can Bike pro- t . '7 ~ ~;-‘ \ I ' consideration in the City of Water of American Bicyclists. gram. ' i “I I " J333‘?.3’d g . ‘ loo’s transportation planning. Eleanor McMahon. the CEO of “But if that's all you did and yot‘ . I J $32.3“, 3:1"? (Ears will have to share the road Share the Road. said the award was didn't get to realize some of thr 6'57”; ' a}; 3 more than ever now that the city launched in an effort to get munici- aspirations of local bicyclists then “Git-‘57.! g has adopted the complete streets palities to create an active cycling you wouldn't score very high.” saic ‘ {i i ; model ofurban planning. culture. McMahon. “The advancements :2 a. ‘ cg; Cyclists now have their own ”Waterloo is well on its way,” that Waterloo has made are starting ‘ ” f._ if} place to park their bikes in the said McMahon. "The reviewers to showresults." _ ‘ go" . is. $7.. uptown parkade and bike lanes are were very impressed with its appli- City planner Scott Nevin caller: “ ' 13.1 now a required part ofthe planning cation, and what set it apart was the honour a community award . ‘ process. the infrastructure it has in place The city has a bicycle master plat‘ 1 \ ' » Because of that commitment to and continues to develop." and has been developing it over th( i _ cycling. the city was one of only The Davenport Road recon» last decade with partners like the I ‘ two Ontario municipalities to earn struction was one of the projects Region ofWaterloo. ; silver from Canada's first Bicycle highlighted with the realignment to More than half of the regional I 4' ' Friendly Communities awards. a single lane of traffic both ways roads in Waterloo have bike lanes l ‘ t “it's exciting because it recog- and yell-buffered bike lanes demonstrating: the region's com- ,1 , 1 ~ titles the work the city " doing included in the complete street mitment. and all new subdivision ’ ’ I y 7 towards active transportalYSn." said redesign. ' ' ' plans have strong community mgz'.» : ‘ (Loon. Diane Freeman. one of the “The complete streets policy and bike trail components . i . > strong voices for cycling in the gets them enormous credit." said “Weiye got a pretty good Kaine ‘ community. "This is not just about McMahon. “Not only did the city work to move people around or 1 roads. it's about moving people. put the policy in place. they‘re bicycles." said Nevin. ' and ifyou don't have the infrastruc- making investments Policies are “We've done a couple of road lure to bicycle then people aren't great but unless WU see 'action diets in the past few years to sup- going to have choices," that‘s what set Wate oo,apart." port cyclists and pedestrians and Waterloo and Ottawa were tops ()ther criteria that went into the we have a few more of those comr - in an announcement made last award included education. promo- ing. which is a direct result of tho: t i ' week in the nation's capital during tion. as well as commitment to conversations we've had with tht i The City of Waterloo has won an award for being a bike-friendly city. the third annual Bike Summit by improving the infrastructure and community." DA“ DE SMOND M370 ‘4‘, . o o . a 1 Safety concerns behlnd push to move nattonal trad , ’ , 47.: f. r.“ 2r ‘ - 2'3 ' â€" 1 Continued from page l tth-stmount Road. where it turns meetings on the matter. and court» on it. It does need to be fixed. rniumuto h -. tour hbfitfis hack ! " rigluonto lietnamin Road. cil will make the final decision. “But in the interim. they’re ontofig 3‘. - 1 . lit-nittmin doesn't have hike Griffin said. making it on; problem by switch;- ‘ IBII‘wva‘e’linding safety is the i Neighbours so) [littst' om or lanes and can be unsafe for The residents' fight isn't new. ingit." . a}? uwssue. They're just ignoring us." _ ' rches are only going to increase ll cyclists. said John (iriffin. a land- ten years ago. the neighbourhood Ritaloeh was pan afimé " It’s not just safety of trail users the city goes through tuth a pro stape technologist with the (lily of successfully battled the trail being~ nafgroup that 011% switch. they're worried about. but the safe } [ital to reroute the lions (ammo \‘Vatt-rloo. moved into their backyards. Herhome bpckson frail. ty oftheir property. I Trail through the path “ I here's tto bike lanes on Ben» 'lhey vow to be back at council ’ The t@\ this too close to “You could have people from } lhe t‘rtissrf itlliltltl ll'ull tlltls porno Roatrand it's mainly lost a on luly l8 topght the measur‘c ”(gator high»volume traffic. 200 miles away using it," resident 1 through Waterloo to the St, l.t(tll)\ puhltt \tllt'l) issue." he said. once again. I '1 I): .199 said. - Marianne Vandergrient said. “It 1 Market. ( it'lists are already using the "We don't dispute thatflcni" In some locations. the trail is takes away that feel of communt I It starts at the Iron Horse li.itl path as a thoroughfare between jamin Road is not safefi Hardy only feel from the backsofpeople's ty." 1 m the t tty's south mid and runs \‘ltwlllltllllll and Weber Street, (irif- said. “It's not safe it); cars â€" it's homes. ' City staff are considering altt-r- ‘ north through Waterloo Park and tin said bumpy. 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