Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable Mobility
Summit 2012 November 7, 2012 Ontario Ministry of
Transportation
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Presentation Overview Freight-Supportive
Guidelines Why Create Freight-Supportive Guidelines? Why Produce
the Guidelines Now? What is a Freight-Supportive Community?
Balancing Needs Content of the Draft Guidelines Next Steps 2
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Freight-Supportive Guidelines MTO is
developing Freight-Supportive Guidelines that will provide tools to
support efficient goods movement in municipalities across Ontario.
Guidelines are intended to: assist municipalities, planners,
developers and other practitioners with creating freight-supportive
communities complement and support implementation of the existing
provincial policy framework complement other guidelines 3
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Why Create Freight-Supportive Guidelines?
providing direction for land use planning, site design practices
and operational procedures assisting municipalities in planning for
the types of vehicles used in freight movement supporting the
overall economic health and competitiveness of Ontarios
municipalities integrating and balancing surrounding land uses and
the needs of those using the transportation network To support the
efficient movement of goods and the creation of freight-supportive
communities by: 4
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Why Produce the Guidelines Now? Recent
provincial initiatives aimed at managing growth, curbing urban
sprawl and supporting goods movement, provide an opportune time to
develop the Guidelines. Guidelines are being developed to support:
Provincial Policy Statement (under review) Growth Plan for the
Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Plan for Northern Ontario Municipal
Official Plan Updates Proposed Multimodal Goods Movement Strategy
for Ontario Guidelines are complementary to Transit-Supportive
Guidelines. 5
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 What is a Freight-Supportive Community? A
community with policies or programs intended to support freight
movement through the planning, design and operation of land use and
transportation systems. The community recognizes: the needs of the
freight industry from the perspectives of development and mobility
the improved economic position that safe and effective freight
movement can bring to a community 6
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Balancing Needs The Freight-Supportive
Guidelines are intended to help balance the needs of the community
and industry by: providing tools to support efficient freight
movement while mitigating impacts to other road users providing
guidance for identifying truck route networks that avoid or
minimize conflicts with transit and active transportation providing
tools to assist municipalities in minimizing conflicts between
freight- intensive land uses and sensitive uses. 7
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 CONTENT OF THE DRAFT GUIDELINES
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Chapters in the Guidelines 1.Introduction
2.Land Use and Transportation Planning Guidelines 3.Site Design
Guidelines 4.Operations Guidelines 5.Implementation Strategies
6.Case Studies 7.References 8.Glossary 9
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Introduction Chapter 1 Explains freight
movement and its importance to Ontarios economy Summarizes current
trends in road, rail, sea and air freight movement Describes how to
use the Guidelines Explains features, including: strategies
complementary guidelines additional resources 10
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Land Use and Transportation Planning
Guidelines Chapter 2 Freight audit Planning for employment areas:
office uses manufacturing/distribution Considers land use
compatibility with freight-intensive uses Freight movement network
Strategic planning for active transportation, transit and freight
networks 11 Harbour-related freight uses are buffered from
sensitive land uses, while the old historic harbour has been
re-purposed for recreational uses. There will be increasing
pressure overtime to have more dense development within port
areas.
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Site Design Guidelines Chapter 3 Addresses
industrial, retail, office, residential, institutional, urban and
rural sites Provides guidance on freight movements in and around
sites, including the loading dock yard and loading dock Discusses
truck interaction with transit vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Operations Guidelines Chapter 4 Supports
incorporating trucks into the design and operation of municipal
transportation infrastructure, related to: accesses and
intersections corridors freight gateways requirements, by-laws,
policies and practice 13
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Implementation Strategies Chapter 5
Recommended actions regarding municipal leadership and
collaboration with industry stakeholders Implementation tools, such
as Community Improvement Plans Infrastructure and technology
investment Sample checklist to track guideline implementation
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MTO Freight-Supportive Guidelines ACT Canada Sustainable
Mobility Summit 2012 Next Steps Process to Finalize the Guidelines:
Undertake formal public consultation on draft Guidelines: Circulate
revised Draft for Working Group review and comment 60 day posting
on Environmental Registry and Regulatory Registry (anticipated Fall
2012) Incorporate comments and finalize the Freight-Supportive
Guidelines (anticipated Winter 2013) Share with Ontario
municipalities and stakeholders Awareness and education. 15
