Councillor Leiper’s office is looking to hear whether you support or oppose paid parking. A presentation on the Kitchissippi Parking Study is included below.

Consistent with the Municipal Parking Management Strategy, the City of Ottawa Parking Services has deemed that paid parking is warranted along Somerset St / Wellington St / Richmond Rd, but will not include it as a formal recommendation in the Kitchissippi Parking Strategy unless there is concurrence from the two BIAs (Wellington West BIA & Westboro Village BIA) and the Community Associations that are adjacent to the main street between the O-Train tracks and Golden Ave.

Ultimately, an objective of the City’s parking program is to optimize turnover in order to better ensure available and convenient parking for visitors. With this in mind, there are two options being put forward by the City of Ottawa Parking Services which would support this purpose, but to different extents.

Option 1 (if concurrence for paid parking):

• Paid parking along Richmond Rd / Wellington St W / Somerset from the O-Train tracks to Golden Ave at a rate of $2/hr, in effect from Monday to Friday between the hours of 8:00am-5:30pm (The Westboro Village BIA is asking their members if they would also support paid parking on Saturdays)
• Uniform time limit of 2 hours along Richmond Rd / Wellington St W / Somerset from the O-Train tracks to Golden Ave, in effect 7-days a week

Option 2 (if no concurrence for paid parking):

• No additional paid parking
• Uniform time limit of 90 minutes along Richmond Rd / Wellington St W / Somerset from the O-Train tracks to Golden Ave, in effect 7-days a week

We are asking that you provide either your support (Option 1) or opposition (Option 2) to paid parking no later than Monday, January 9th, 2017.

Thank you so much and please don’t hesitate to reach out with any follow-up questions, concerns or comments.

Kindly,
Fiona

Fiona Mitchell-Gougeon
Councillor’s Assistant | Adjointe au conseiller
Office of Councillor Jeff Leiper, Kitchissippi Ward 15
City of Ottawa | Ville d’Ottawa
110 Laurier Avenue West, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1
t: 613.580.2424 ex. 15823
e: fiona.mitchell@ottawa.ca

2016-11-23-kitchissippi-parking-strategy-ca-mtg.pdf

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For your opinion to be officially noted, send an e-mail to Fiona Mitchell-Gougeon by January 9th. See http://www.kitchissippiward.ca/ for more contact information.

If you have comments for your Champlain Park neighbours, feel free to add them to this post or reply to the post e-mail if you are a subscriber. If they end up being meaty comments, you might want to also mail them to Fiona. To view the latest comments, see the bottom of this post on the web site (sadly, you only get e-mail notification of new comments if you submit a comment).

Just for fun, and for residents to see the neighbourhood opinion, you can vote in this unscientific (votes aren’t verified as being from people in the neighbourhood) poll. Note that comments submitted within the poll are hard for people to see, so it’s better to comment on this post instead.

– Alex

From: Pedestrian Crossover / Passage Piétons <passagepietons@ottawa.ca>
Sent: Fri, Jun 3, 2016 3:47 pm
Subject: New Pedestrian Crossovers in Ottawa / Nouveau passages pour piétons en Ottawa

La version francaise suite:

Hello,

The City of Ottawa is contacting you as stakeholder associated with the use of the City’s road network. With recent Ontario Highway Traffic Act changes there are items that will have an effect on how you or your organization or members will use area roads. Being aware of these changes and responsible for the resulting actions is the responsibility of all road users.

On May 24th, the City of Ottawa will begin an education and awareness campaign to highlight the new Pedestrian Crossovers coming to Ottawa in June of this year. We would appreciate your help in sharing this information with your members, employees, and/or stakeholders.

Pedestrian Crossovers are identified by specific signs and pavement markings, and vehicles (including cyclists) must yield to pedestrians at these locations. The attached e-Poster illustrates the new Pedestrian Crossover. Additional information such as what they are, how they work, and where they are located can be found on http://www.ottawa.ca/

Drivers/Cyclists will be fined $150 to $500 with 3 demerit points for offences at Pedestrian Crossovers. Enforcement of offences at Pedestrian Crossovers will began as soon as they are

The first wave of the new Pedestrian Crossovers will be unveiled in mid- June at low speed, low to medium volume roadways and signal lane roundabouts. Additional sites will be installed throughout the next two years.

The installation of the new Pedestrian Crossovers requires a significant change in travel behaviour for all road users to ensure a safe road environment for pedestrians at these crossings. For this reason, we are making available to you the materials you may need to inform your employees/members of the rules of Pedestrian Crossovers and the associated fines.

Attached for your use is an e-Poster that you can share with your members to help promote awareness. Brochures are also available upon request by contacting me by telephone at 613-580-2424 x13767 or by e-mail at pedestriancrossover@ottawa.ca.

Sincerely,
Rachel Cere
Public Works, Stakeholder Relations

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Bonjour,

C’est en tant qu’intervenant associé à l’utilisation du réseau routier municipal que la Ville d’Ottawa communique avec vous aujourd’hui. Les modifications apportées récemment au Code de la route de l’Ontario auront un effet sur votre façon ou sur celle de votre organisme ou de ses membres d’utiliser les routes du secteur. Il incombe à tous les usagers de la route d’être au courant de ces modifications et responsables eu égard aux mesures en découlant.

Le 24 mai 2016, la Ville d’Ottawa lancera une campagne d’éducation et de sensibilisation pour mettre en relief les nouveaux passages pour piétons qui seront aménagés à Ottawa en juin prochain. Nous vous saurions gré de bien vouloir diffuser cette information à vos membres, vos employés ou aux intervenants de votre entourage.

Les passages pour piétons sont indiqués par une signalisation précise et des marques sur la chaussée; les véhicules (y compris les vélos) doivent céder le passage aux piétons à ces endroits. L’affiche électronique ci-jointe illustre ces nouveaux passages pour piétons. Vous trouverez d’autres renseignements sur ce qu’ils sont, leur fonctionnement et où ils sont situés sur le site Web de la Ville à http://www.ottawa.ca/.

Les conducteurs et les cyclistes écoperont d’une amende de 150 dollars et de 3 points d’inaptitude par infraction commise à un passage pour piétons. La sanction des infractions commises aux passages pour piétons s’appliquera dès leur mise en service.

La première vague de nouveaux passages pour piétons, aménagés sur des rues où la vitesse est limitée et le volume de circulation est faible ou moyennement élevé, sera dévoilée à la mi-juin. D’autres passages pour piétons seront aménagés au cours des deux prochaines années.

L’aménagement de ces nouveaux passages pour piétons oblige tous les usagers de la route à modifier considérablement leur comportement lorsqu’ils se déplacent afin d’assurer la sécurité routière et la protection des piétons à ces passages. C’est pour cette raison que nous vous proposons de la documentation pour vous aider à renseigner vos employés ou vos membres sur les règles encadrant les passages pour piétons et les amendes correspondantes.

Vous trouverez ci-jointe une affiche électronique à diffuser afin de sensibiliser vos membres ou vos employés à la question. Vous pouvez également obtenir des dépliants sur demande en m’appelant au 613-580-2424, poste 13767 ou en écrivant à pedestriancrossover@ottawa.ca.

Sincères salutations,
Rachel Cere
Travaux publics, Relations avec les intervenants

Rachel Cere
Project Coordinator; Stakeholder Relations (COPRJ; Relations avec les intervenants)
Business Services Branch (Service d’affaires)
613-580-2424 x13767
rachel.cere@ottawa.ca

2016-126 Crossover Poster.pdf