{"id":26,"date":"2014-06-17T18:30:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T22:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tcat.wpengine.com\/?post_type=report&#038;p=26"},"modified":"2018-12-11T09:05:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T14:05:40","slug":"identifying-and-overcoming-barriers-to-the-implementation-of-active-transportation-policies","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/resources\/identifying-and-overcoming-barriers-to-the-implementation-of-active-transportation-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying and Overcoming Barriers to the Implementation of Active Transportation Policies  |  June 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000;\">This research paper investigates the implementation of Ontario\u2019s provincial and municipal policies that seek to build communities that encourage walking and cycling. Although policies have recently come a long way in recognizing and promoting active transportation, aligning policy is different than aligning practice, and current policies are not necessarily translating into successful on-the-ground implementation. The paper explores the institutional barriers that exist in detailed planning, development, engineering, and construction process that have not caught up with higher-level policies including engineering standards and other institutionalized practices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">In order to better understand how provincial policies are or are not translating into current practices, between 2013 and 2014 the research team: (1) conducted a review of provincial policy, municipal policy, and professional street design guidelines such as those produced by the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC); (2) conducted two focus group sessions (one in York\u00a0 and the other in Burlington) with planning and engineering professionals; (3) and carried out several case studies of Toronto area road projects that either incorporated, or failed to incorporate, active transportation facilities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">Overall, the research found that despite high level policies that encourage active transportation, institutionalized barriers continue to exist that promote roadway design primarily oriented toward accommodating motor vehicles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\">This is the final report submitted to Metrolinx on July 7, 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17808,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/26"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resource"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18787,"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resource\/26\/revisions\/18787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}