Build links between cycling and transit and improve pedestrian access to transit stops and stations.
 
Active transportation is a crucial link in any public transit system. If people can't comfortably and safely walk or cycle to the bus or subway they won't take public transit. That means that all transit stops must be convenient and safely accessible to pedestrians and cyclists.
 
What attracts people to the car is the door to door convenience combined with the ability to travel large distances. Cycling combined with transit can provide the same convenience and range. This means that transit stations need to have secure bike parking and services such as bike rental, bike lending and monitored bike parking. Combining bikes and transit also means allowing bike access onto transit vehicles.
 
In 2005 the City of Toronto put bike racks on a small number of bus routes(Rack it and Rocket). This was a good start, but it is just the beginning of making a truly accessible public transit system.
 
Most people get to transit stops by walking. Yet too often, transit stops are placed arbitrarily in locations that are unpleasant, inconvenient or even dangerous to walk to. In the winter, ploughed snow often blocks easy access to transit vehicles at stops. Pedestrian access needs to become an integral part of transit.
 
Toronto CAT calls on the next Council to::
  1. 4.Integrate cycling into the transit system by:
  2. •Funding the expansion of the bus bike rack project to all TTC routes by 2010.
  3. •Providing enhanced Bike Parking such as bike lockers or Bike Stations at all TTC Subway Stations and Transit Hubs by 2010. '
  4. •Install a full Bike Station at Union Station.
 
  1. 5.Integrate walking into the transit system by ensuring that all transit stops are in practical and pleasant locations for pedestrians, near safe crossings and with sidewalk access.
 
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