Introducing MoveSmart

March 11, 2021 10:00 a.m.
​New Mobility Management Strategy delivers a safe, sustainable and efficient transportation system

With a new downtown core, thousands of businesses and more than 335,000 residents, the City of Vaughan is one of Ontario’s fastest growing municipalities – and it continues to grow. In response to the increase in travel demand throughout Vaughan, the City has developed a MoveSmart Mobility Management Strategy. The strategy sets the direction and priorities for the next five years while ensuring an efficient, reliable, safe and sustainable transportation system for all citizens and business owners.
 
By 2031, Vaughan’s population is projected to increase by 36 per cent while jobs are expected to grow by 18 per cent in the same period. Road safety and effective traffic management remain a top priority for the City to help meet the community's existing and evolving transportation needs.
 
The new MoveSmart Mobility Management Strategy (2022-2026) consists of four programs that support each other, which are made up of 29 initiatives. The programs are as follows:
  • Road Safety Program – to increase road safety and raise public awareness
  • Mobility Management Program – to improve efficiency through innovation and technology
  • Traffic Data Management Program – to assure accuracy and availability of traffic data
  • Sustainable Mobility Program – to support active and sustainable transportation
On Wednesday, March 10, Council endorsed  MoveSmart, reinforcing the City’s commitment to Transportation and Mobility – a strategic priority in the 2018-2022 Term of Council Service Excellence Strategic Plan. It focuses on improving the municipal road network, enhancing road safety and supporting more cycling and pedestrian infrastructure to create a fully connected and integrated community. The strategy will be reviewed and updated every five years.  Progress on its implementation will be reported annually to Council.
 
For more information, visit vaughan.ca/MoveSmart.
 
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“The City of Vaughan is committed to advancing a connected, active and multi-modal transportation system that accommodates vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. The City’s new MoveSmart Mobility Management Strategy will guide our efforts to improve and build a more integrated transportation system in Vaughan and beyond. The strategy will further support our city’s development, population boom and job creation, which have already exceeded expected growth targets exponentially. It will also enhance the exceptional quality of life we are proud to offer and benefit everyone who lives, works and visits our community. Vaughan leads with innovation at the forefront. Our interconnected transportation network is an example of what can be achieved when design excellence, flexible planning for the future and convenient travel options are combined and implemented to suit the needs of a rapidly growing municipality. Creating safe, accessible and seamless connections to surrounding communities and making it easier for people to get where they need to go will contribute to our ongoing success.”
-        Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua
 
“The MoveSmart Strategy advances the City’s transportation goals and is founded on three pillars: safety, mobility and sustainability. MoveSmart aims to define goals for transportation rooted in community values; identify a plan to address the City’s mobility needs in an effective, responsible and sustainable manner; and identify an approach to transportation that includes all road users. I would like to thank Mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua and Members of Council for their support and the entire Public Works team who worked to bring this program to life.”
-        Deputy City Manager, Public Works, Zoran Postic
 
QUICK FACTS
  • The City of Vaughan is responsible for maintaining 2,200 kilometres of roads and 92 traffic signals, enabling 585,000 average daily trips throughout the city.
  • During the Wednesday, March 3, Committee of the Whole meeting, Council endorsed the MoveSmart Mobility Management Strategy as it reinforces the City’s commitment to Transportation and Mobility – a strategic priority in the 2018-2022 Term of Council Service Excellence Strategic Plan.
  • The MoveSmart Mobility Management Strategy was guided by input received from the public through a 2019 outreach program. More than 1,700 people were engaged in the outreach program, which gathered input on travel and road safety priorities and values, providing the City with a wealth of information on public transportation priorities.
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