Integrated Transportation Advisory Committee Meeting

Minutes

Meeting #:
Date:	Monday, April 26, 2021
Time:	7:00 P.m. - 9:00 P.m.
Location:	Virtual

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1.

Members present:

Carm Piro (Chair), Beth Revelle, Don Richardson, Briana Petersen, Nick Morrison, Doug Benton, Tim Park, Jim Young, Greg Pace, Alexander Andrenkov

2.

Members regrets:

Jason Manayathu

3.

Others present:

Councillor Shawna Stolte, Catherine Baldelli (Manager of Planning and Business Services - Burlington Transit), Jeff Black (Manager of Traffic Operations and Signals), Kaylan Edgcumbe (Manager of Integrated Mobility), Dan Ozimkovic, (Transportation Planning Technologist), Roxanne Gosse, (Committee Assistant- Clerk)

4.

Declarations of Interest:

None

5.

Approval of Minutes:

5.1

Approve minutes from meeting held March 29, 2021

On motion, the minutes from the meeting held March 29, 2021 were approved as presented.

6.

Delegation(s):

None

7.

Regular Items:

7.1

2021 meeting schedule change (Roxanne Gosse)

On motion, ITAC approved moving the November 29, 2021 meeting to November 22, 2021.

7.2

On-demand Transit (Catherine Baldelli)

On-demand transit is that there is no fixed route or schedule, and buses are dispatched on a request-basis. This means more flexibility for customers as they can book a ride when it's most convenient for them. Designed to improve connections to transportation hubs and popular destinations like shopping centres or hospitals. 

Objectives of on-demand transit in Burlington: (based on a five year business plan)

• Replace lower performing routes (or route segments)
• Introduce to areas far from fixed-route service
• Improve connections to rapid transit station

7.3

Automated speed enforcement - photo radar (Jeff Black)

Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) is an automated system that uses a camera and a speed measurement device to spot and capture photos of vehicles in excess of the posted speed limit. It is designed to work collectively with other methods and strategies. ASE is focused on changing driver behaviour to decrease speeding and increase safety.

Photo images are reviewed by Provincial Offence Officers and then tickets are issued to the owner of the vehicle regardless of who was driving. When the conviction has been set, only penalty is a fine – no demerit points will be issued nor will the registered owner's driving record be impacted.

Locations are chosen by data, that considers speed and collision statistics. ASE systems will be placed in Community Safety Zones near schools.

Committee comments:

• would like decreased speeding for the seniors in the community to make it safer
• this may be very costly, is there a cost benefit?
• concerned that this may not work in slowing people down, and this approach does not address the offence/behaviour in the moment
• like to see signage at community safety zones

7.4

Lived Experience Paper (Kaylan Edgcumbe)

The next step of the Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP) is identifying what aspects of our current transportation systems are not aligned with where we want to end up in the future.  The Lived Experience Paper aligns itself to all the challenges and the opportunity to meet the barriers.  The guide provides several fictionalized Burlington residents whose transportation needs reflect feedback the city has heard from real Burlington residents over the years. Committee members were asked to send feedback to Kaylan on the Lived Experience Paper. 

Committee comments:

• liked how the stories were laid out
• interesting real life scenarios 
• didn't realize how complex it was, there is no quick solution
• very transparent on hardships
• it makes people aware about situations and sometimes the solutions are not always perfect
• there is accessibility and walkability 
• members liked the facts and sources in the paper 

The next step is engagement, through story boards on the Get Involved Burlington website, to get feedback from the Lived Experience Paper. Also, other draft Lived Experience Paper scenarios will be created for the other advisory committees based on their mandates. 

7.5

2021 workplan review and approval

The committee needed more time to review and discuss items. City staff provided dates for some of the items and the committee will review and approve the workplan at the May ITAC meeting. Draft items for the 2021 workplan are attached.

7.6

Staff updates:

a.

Transportation planning (Kaylan Edgcumbe)

Dealing with developers' requests due to construction, i.e. sidewalks. Waiting on more information about the Region of Halton's White Paper and the committee will be updated. 

b.

Active transportation (Dan Ozimkovic)

Transportation will be offering recommendations on safety for cyclists and sidewalks regarding the road reconstruction on Plains Rd W. (Spring Gardens Rd - Shadeland Ave) arterial resurfacing. The date for the public meeting is to be determined and Dan will share the information with the committee.

Not sure what Bike Month is going to look like, and it is to be determined.

c.

Traffic operations and signals (Jeff Black)

No update.

7.7

Roundtable updates:

a.

Burlington Accessibility Advisory Committee (Doug Benton)

The BAAC had a member speak at the April 20, 2021 Council meeting regarding the City of Burlington Housing Strategy – Draft Engagement Plan (PL-16-21).  It's important that we plan to include people with disabilities in our housing market. The need to create more accessible housing stock, developing a registry of information on homes fitted for lifts/ramps would be beneficial information for individuals with disabilities when looking at housing for rent/buying. 

b.

Burlington Cycling Advisory Committee (Greg Pace)

No update.

c.

Burlington Seniors' Advisory Committee (Jim Young)

Importance in having senior accommodations as part the Housing Strategy.

d.

Burlington Sustainable Development Advisory Committee (Tim Park)

Tim will bring some information about the new development process to the committee's next meeting. SDC is also looking at the Regional Official Plan and the Housing Strategy. 

8.

Other Business:

9.

Adjournment: 9:15 p.m.