SUSTAINABLE
TRANSPORTATION
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The next four years will be critical to the
future of the City of Greater Sudbury for a number of reasons,
but one of the areas that we need to be more focussed upon is
with respect to the promotion of what is referred to as “active
transportation” in all corners of the City and within all twelve
wards. We are doing this now in Ward 5 and 6 in the Valley and
Sudbury North, but it must become a City-Wide focus.
This is consistent with the recommendations
made in the Leisure Master Plan, which I was excited to see and
am looking forward to implementing. The survey results clearly
point to a desire among the vast majority of our citizens for
more to be done to promote activities like walking, hiking,
cycling and other outdoor recreational pursuits that encourage a
healthy lifestyle that is family focused and accessible to all
residents, regardless of their age or ability. Many of the
recommendations of the Leisure Master Plan are related to
transportation so this means that as we revise our approach to
both public and general transportation we need to be cognizant
of including policies and infrastructure that will promote a
healthier lifestyle.
This means that when City Council is
approving new developments and roadways, we must take into
consideration how we can create a system that is going to
promote these types of activities and help people shift from
motorized to non-motorized forms of transportation. It also
means that we must find ways of expanding our public transit
service in order to promote the use of alternative means of
transportation for residents. We need to allow space for safe
bicycle lanes and ensure that there is ample and secure bicycle
parking throughout our city. We have a lot of green space and
wonderful streams located in all parts of the community, so if
we can create walking and biking trails connected by pedestrian
bridges, think of how much more attractive our city will become
in the near future.
Creating a Healthy Community for the entire
region is going to be one of my top priorities in the coming
four years.
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