This award recognizes initiatives that demonstrate excellence in the improvement of facilities or services to encourage and benefit people who walk, bike or use other forms of active transportation.

Originally presented June 1, 2023

WINNER Project: Montreal Road Revitalization Submitted by: City of Ottawa, Ontario , in partnership with Robinson Consultants Inc. Presenters: Mario Kotowski and Kelly Lalonde This reconstruction of a two-kilometre main street in an historic neighbourhood significantly improved the safety, functionality and attractiveness of active travel. A four-lane arterial road with substandard pedestrian facilities and no designated cycling facilities was converted to a three-lane cross section with protected intersections, raised cycling tracks in both directions, improved sidewalks, and peak-period transit priority. Three public plazas were built at side streets with pre-existing midblock closures, and streetscaping included new street furniture, bollards, bike racks, waste receptacles, pedestrian level lighting, tree plantings and transit shelters.  The project’s design integrated numerous elements that recognize the area’s Franco-Ontarian and Indigenous communities.

FINALISTS

Project: ʔapsčiik t̓ašii (Ups-cheek Ta-shee) “Going the right direction on the path"

Submitted by: Parks Canada, British Columbia, in partnership with Parsons, WSP, Current Environmental, and Millenia Research

Presenters: Darryl Furrey and Andrew Kwiatkowski


Project: Charlottetown-Stratford Active Transportation Connectivity

Submitted by: Prince Edward Island Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, in partnership with City of Charlottetown and CBCL Limited

Presenters: Darrell Evans and Mark MacDonald


Project: Market Trail: Making sustainable transportation the easy choice by connecting light rail transit to tourists, employers, and world-famous apple fritters

Submitted by: Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, i n partnership with the City of Waterloo and Township of Woolwich

Presenter: Michelle Pinto

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