Sidewalks

Celebrate Bike Month 2022 - from May 30 to June 30 - with cycling webinars, pledges, trip tracking, and two ways to win prizes!! The goal this year is for all of us together to bike 2 times around the world.

How to participate:

1. Log trips to win prizes:

Oct 2021 – Clark Avenue Cycle Track Survey received 159 responses to help inform upcoming cycle track projects

In recognition for it's contributions to sustainable transportation, the Clark Avenue project received $2.05 million in provincial and regional funding through the Ontario Municipal Commuter Cycling program as well as Pedestrian and Cycling Municipal Partnership program. Clark Avenue was also selected as one of six finalists for the 2021 Transportation Association of Canada Sustainable Mobility Award.

Now complete, Clark Avenue connects the surrounding neighbourhood to:

The City has completed its revamp of Clark Avenue, beginning at the Bartley Smith Greenway and Vaughan Super Trail entrance at Jason Street over to Yonge Street. The improvements include upgrades for those who walk, cycle, drive and take public transit to and through the area. With pedestrian and accessibility enhancements, 4.5 kilometres of cycle tracks, 32 transit stop improvements, and road rehabilitation and operational improvements for motorists, it is now even easier to get around Thornhill. For more details on this project click on the links below:

Three transit systems are currently available in Vaughan:

Carpooling is the sharing of car trips so that more than one person travels in a car. Carpooling reduces the number of cars in the road, and it is also a more environmentally friendly way to travel.

As part of the City of Vaughan’s Woodbridge Avenue Improvements and Streetscaping Project - which is now complete as of 2023 - the focus was on beautifying the area, respecting its history and completing key underground infrastructure work. 

An extensive review of the infrastructure on Woodbridge Avenue was undertaken in 2020 to prioritize what needed to be completed, and in what order, including:

The City of Vaughan values the voice of the public and is dedicated to having constructive dialogue with community members.

In March and September 2021, residents were invited to attend virtual Public Information Sessions to learn more about the project, view maps and schedules, and ask questions about the proposed improvements, traffic impacts and access to properties within the area.