Wednesday, May 4, 2011

How's a "B" working for yah?

An April 23rd. report to council detailed the city's progress in meeting the targets in the CMP.  It details both the good and bad but hesitates to give an overall grade, letting the reader draw his/her own conclusions.
Below is the report listing proposed cycling infrastructure by type of project in each of the 3 phases.
     
Our cycling master plan has 3 phases with projected completion rates for each.  As with countless things governmental, the most distant target (phase III) is the largest component, i.e it's back-end loaded and may never be completed.

Focusing only on the period 2009 - 2015 yields better results for the city - as high as 74%.  According to the grading system used in Ontario schools, it's a B grade - provided we do the projects planned for  2011 - 2115.

Where are the blowing trumpets, ringing church bells?  According to our CMP, phase I, as of 2010, we are ahead of the game.  We've got the lead!  In 2010 we blew past our targets with a completion rate of 166%.

Inexplicably, in 2011 & 2012 Burlington is planning for the lead to evaporate, slip between the spokes, by adding only 1km of new bike lanes each year!  Why????  If you're ahead at half time, you never plan on giving up going into the second half.
NOT, if you're the 3rd best city in Canada to live in &and getting more to cycle is the best way to move up or stay on top.

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