Sidewalk Strategic PlanCity of Peterborough, Ontario

Sidewalk Strategic Plan

Will rank all missing sections of sidewalk and sidewalk ramps

Project being done in-house Will assist in prioritizing capital spending

on sidewalks and sidewalk ramps Uses the GIS system to apply points

according to weighted criteria

Summary of Process

1. Establish project Team and Terms of Reference

2. Develop criteria3. Use GIS analysis

to populate table – this included data capture for some criteria

Summary of Process (con’d)

4. Sum the points for each missing sidewalk segment and then for each missing sidewalk ramp

5. Create a thematic map of the results

6. Prepare and circulate final results

The goal was to populate this table using GIS analytical tools and to display the results visually using a thematic map.

Crit

eria

20 points

10 points

5 points

2. Any No Sidewalk segments that are completely within these areas are selected and assigned points according to the criteria.

1. Areas were classified into 3 categories:

Example 1

Students Bused Within School Walking Zones

3. The Table is then populated with values

4.The thematic map can then be created. The pink “no sidewalk” segments are within the School Walking Zone and have over 20 students currently being bused. Each of these segments received a value of 20 in the table under the SB column.

Students Bused Within School Walking Zones

Example 2Commercial Areas (COM)

1. Categories of commercial areas were selected.

2. All “no sidewalk” segments that fall within 500m of each criteria in the commercial category were selected.

4. The table is then populated with the assigned values:

20 within Downtown Boundary

15 within 500m of Major Shopping Center

10 within 500m of Commercial Zoning or convenience store

3. Using the buffer zones set in the criteria, any “no sidewalk” segment contained by the buffer is placed in the category.

The Data Table is Populated in all the Columns:

The SUM of all assigned values is calculated…..

….by adding all categories together for each “no sidewalk” segment/record

After SUM is calculated…….

The Table is RANKED by being divided into groups according the value in SUM.

Group 1 (0 to 49) Group 2 (50 to 74) Group 3 (75 to 99) Group 4 (100 and up)

Least Importance Most Importance

Then DISPLAYED on a MAP

Trips and Tips Along the Way

Check data availability for chosen criteria Build in ability to update when developing

criteria GIS staff support required Be flexible – the project make take longer

than planned!