Appendix C: City of Mississauga Transportation Strategy Update

Appendix C: City of Mississauga Transportation Strategy Update

Transportation Strategy Update Transportation and Works Department

Agenda - Objectives - What has changed? - Forecasted trends and issues - Recommendations - Consultation and next step

Objectives - To update Council on transportation trends and issues - To align with other City initiatives - To provide a strategic overview of key transportation planning initiatives - To obtain Council s endorsement for new strategies

What has changed? (GTA) - Development growth distribution vs inter-regional transportation coordination - Employment type vs transit usage - Demographic shift vs transit use - Places to Grow Act (Intensification) vs infrastructure and funding

Issue two (continued) What has changed (Mississauga) Population & employment growth location vs transit usage Projected traffic congestion at NE Mississauga (2014 am)

Issue two (continued) What has changed (Mississauga) Projected traffic Trafficcongestion growth trend at and NE Mississauga implications (2014 am) Comparison of a.m. peak hour screenline traffic in Mississauga (based on cordon counts) 50,000 40,000 amph traffic 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 M ississauga/halto n Credit River Huro ntario M ississauga/to ro nto screenlines 1998 eastbo und 2001eastbo und 1998 westbo und 2001westbo und

Issue two (continued) Forecasted trip distribution trend (GTA) Increased in self-containment in 905 regions Projected traffic congestion at NE Mississauga (2014 am) Self Containment in am peak period self co n tain m en t % 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2001 TTS 2014 forecast Peel Halton Hamilton Toronto York Durham regional municipalities

Forecasted trip distribution trend (Mississauga) - Continued increase in selfcontainment - Continued increase in activities with Brampton, Oakville, Markham - Continued decline in linkages with Toronto

Issue two (continued) Job location of Mississauga residents in am peak period Projected traffic congestion at NE Mississauga (2014 am) (projected changes 2001 2014) job locations 2001 2014 change Mississauga 86,284 97,098 10,814 downtown Toronto 23,646 23,072-574 Etobicoke 18,433 18,371-62 rest of Toronto 18,424 16,507-1,917 Brampton 10,077 14,638 4,561 Oakville 6,758 9,979 3,221 York 6,448 9,075 2,627 rest of Halton 3,287 4,871 1,584 Hamilton 987 1,057 70 Durham 556 716 160 Caledon 344 786 442 total 175,244 196,170 20,926

Issue two Issue (continued) one Projected through traffic from Brampton (2014 am) Projected traffic congestion at NE Mississauga (2014 am)

Issue(continued) two Issue two Projected traffic in Mississauga Mississauga (2014 Projected trafficcongestion congestionspots at NE (2014am) am)

Issue two (continued) Issue two (continued) Projected traffic congestion atatne Mississauga (2014 Projected traffic congestion Credit River (2014 am) am)

Issue two (continued) Issue two (continued) Projected traffic (2014am) am) Projected trafficcongestion congestionatatne NE Mississauga Mississauga (2014

Issue three (Intensification) - Challenges (infrastructure, servicing and funding) - Opportunities (designation of office nodes/corridor & City Centre boundary to support major transit corridor)

Issue four (can transit handle growth?) - local transit market outlook for Mississauga based on demographics and employment

MT Trip Rates by Age Groups (Mississauga residents) 0.40 1996 TTS 2001 TTS D a i l y T r a n s i t T r i p R a te 0.35 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.00 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40 Age Groups 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65

Age distribution of Mississauga residents 70000 60000 2001 TTS P e o p le 50000 2006 40000 2011 30000 20000 10000 0 1-5 6-11- 16-21- 26-31- 36-41- 46-51- 56-61- 66-71- 76-81- 86-91- 9610 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 98 Age Group

Local Transit Share of Mississauga Residents by JobTypes (2001 TTS) 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% General Office Prof./Tech./Mgmt Job Types Retail/Service Manu./Const.

Major transit corridors vs Issue two (continued) office at and retail locations (2014 am) Projectedexisting traffic major congestion NE Mississauga

Issue five (inter-regional or intramississauga local transit market) - an assessment based on commuting pattern to/from Mississauga

Issue two (continued) Job location of Mississauga residents in am peak period Projected traffic congestion at NE2001 Mississauga (projected changes 2014) (2014 am) job locations 2001 2014 change Mississauga 86,284 97,098 10,814 downtown Toronto 23,646 23,072-574 Etobicoke 18,433 18,371-62 rest of Toronto 18,424 16,507-1,917 Brampton 10,077 14,638 4,561 Oakville 6,758 9,979 3,221 York 6,448 9,075 2,627 rest of Halton 3,287 4,871 1,584 Hamilton 987 1,057 70 Durham 556 716 160 Caledon 344 786 442 175,244 196,170 20,926 total

Commuting to Mississauga in am peak period Issue two (continued) (projected changes 2001 2014) Projected traffic congestion at NE Mississauga (2014 am) commute to Mississauga from 2001 2014 change Mississauga 86,284 97,098 10,814 Brampton 28,566 42,785 14,219 rest of Toronto 23,769 25,612 1,843 Etobicoke 14,981 15,599 618 Oakville 10,405 13,541 3,136 rest of Halton 10,966 13,026 2,060 York 9,982 10,166 184 Hamilton 4,019 3,868-151 Caledon 2,962 3,423 461 downtown Toronto 2,473 2,462-11 Durham 2,228 2,737 509 196,635 230,317 33,682 total

Issue six (aging population) - does existing transportation system serve the needs of an aging population?

Key High Level Strategic Areas - Implement a Rapid Transit System - Support Goods Movement through Strategic Road Projects - Support New Urban Design Initiatives - Represent Mississauga s Interest in the GTA

Implement a Rapid Transit System - Support construction of the BRT Project - Proceed with Hurontario Higher Order Transit Feasibility and E.A. Studies - Increase ridership along Major Transit Corridors

Support Goods Movement through Strategic Road Projects - Focus on missing links in northeast employment area - Continue to improve access to highway system - Develop strategies for managing congestion across the Credit River

Support New Urban Design Initiatives - Update City Centre Transportation Plan - Prepare more comprehensive road classification system - Develop guidelines for development review

Represent Mississauga s Interests in the GTA - Support establishment of GTTA - Participate in GTA Transportation Strategy - Support amendments to DCA for transit

Represent Mississauga s Interests in the GTA (continued) - Support GTA-wide GO Transit DC - Participate in Smart Commute Initiatives - Conduct joint boundary review with Brampton and Peel

Consultation - Presentation to DLT : Nov 18, 2005 - Presentation to T&W staff: Dec 2 & 15, 2005 - Presentation to Planning staff : Dec 3, 2005

Consultation (continued) - Report to Council in May, 2006 - A comprehensive strategy update will be done as part of the City Visioning Initiative in 2007