Short-Term Mobility Design Options

The Shelbourne Valley Action Plan identified improvements on Shelbourne Street to enable its transition to a complete street with enhanced cycling, pedestrian, and transit facilities. Three Short-Term Mobility Design Options were considered to achieve the desired improvements.

Option 1 maintains four travel lanes on Shelbourne Street and focuses pedestrian and cycling improvements only where space is available.

Option 2 utilizes lane reductions to provide pedestrian improvements and continuous bike lanes along the full extent of Shelbourne Street. This option reduces vehicle carrying capacity on Shelbourne Street but maintains a four-lane cross-section at major intersections to minimize impacts on the operational efficiency and limit traffic diversions to parallel routes. 

Options 1 and 2 were presented for public feedback from February to March 2016. Although Option 2 was favoured by most respondents to the initial survey, some key issues and ideas for improvement were identified leading to the development of a third alternative. 

Option 3, addressing the public concerns in Options 1 and 2 includes significant pedestrian improvements, a continuous bike facility on Shelbourne Street (with 50% physically separated) and retains four travel lanes for 65% of Shelbourne Street.

A survey of 1,327 participants in September and October 2016 showed: 

• 60% supported Option 3 
• 24% supported Option 3 in part 
• 16% did not support Option 3 

Following the survey, Council endorsed the preferred set of mobility actions (Option 3) on December 5, 2016, and directed staff to integrate these actions into the Shelbourne Valley Action Plan.

The mobility action is currently being implemented under the Shelbourne Street Improvements Project (SSIP).

Short-Term Mobility Option 1 and 2

Short-Term Mobility Option 3