1. DSEI-STE1 Developing Bikeways: Standards or Innovation? And Why Not Both? Marc Panneton Pro Walk / Pro Bike 2004 Victoria, BC

2. 2 Canadian jurisdictions in transportation FederalProvincial AirMaritimeRailRoad

3. 3 Road Standardization l Normes – Ouvrages routiers in Québec –Road Design –Road Construction –Bridges and Structures –Roadside –Traffic Control Devices –Maintenance –Materials l Design and technical publications of the Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

4. 4 Bikeway standards 1990 1996 1999 2001 1992 Cycling Policy (1995) 2003

5. 5 Comparative analysis of documents l Standards –what ought to be done –rigorous –liability –conservative –technical basis –used by transportation authorities l Guides –what can be done –flexible –references –innovative –comparative basis –used by small municipalities and organizations

6. 6 Adoption Process Before 1999 l MTQ internal committees (one committee for each standards book) l Legislative process for adoption of amendments to the regulation under the Highway Security Code l Thematic tables open to partnership l The Highway Security Code refers to the standards published by the MTQ, thus symplifying amendments After 1999

7. 7 Influence of guides on the standard adoption process Proposed amendment Analysis in committee : Unit producing the standards Units with the expertise External representatives RecommendationPublication of the update Need within the context of an MTQ project; Harmonization with VQ Technical Handbook; New geometric design. Presentation to the Committee : argument file; foreign examples; possible applications. Presentation of the new standard to the authorities (signature) 23 updates between 1999 and 2003

8. 8 Example of positive influence 1996 1992 Adoption of Chapter 15 Bikeways after the Cycling Policy came into force in 1995

9. 9 Example of positive influence 1999 1990 All bikeways traffic control devices, including : tourist signs service signs signal for cyclists and pedestrians Route verte signs

10. 10 Example of positive influence 2003 2004 update l Definitions l Contra-flow bike lanes l Interregional destination signs

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15. 15 photo Mathieu Lamarre

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19. 19 Advantages of the approach l More flexibility in adopting and updating standards; l More design choices for project designers.

20. 20 Disadvantages of the approach l Difficulty publishing off-prints (too frequent updates); l Possibility of introducing instability in the normative process.