The City of St. Catharines' Transportation Master Plan (TMP) provides clear short-, medium- and long-term direction on future City transportation investments through a renewed focus and emphasis on:
- Complete streets that enable people to travel by any mode they wish
- Linking land use and transportation planning to create context-sensitive solutions
The focus of transportation issues and objectives has shifted from strictly single occupancy vehicles toward multiple modes of getting around, including by foot, cycling, public transit or automobile. It provides a complete streets approach to the planning, design and implementation of transportation infrastructure, supporting the City's strategic direction and policies.
Evolving community transportation
The TMP was developed due to the evolving and changing nature of transportation in our community. As more residents choose diverse methods of transportation, such as cycling and active transportation, public transit, GO Train service, or even self-driving cars, new trends, attitudes and technologies will impact how our community moves in the decades to come.
Our planning ensures all stakeholders, such as business travellers and commuters, recreational travellers, students and families, can get where they want to go when they need to, using the method of transportation of their choice. We consider new technologies, new challenges and the impact of transportation on our environment when meeting changing transportation needs.
Defining transportation
Transportation is about more than just cars and streets. It also encompasses providing alternative and sustainable ways to connect residents to the places they need to go, both within the city and beyond our borders.
Transportation includes such things as:
- Automobiles
- Public transit
- GO Train service
- Cycling
- Roads and streets
- Trails
- Sidewalks and walking paths
- Inter-municipal transit
Developing the TMP
Learn more about how the TMP has been developed.
Today's transportation context
Learn more about our city profile and transportation context, including key socio-demographic information about the city's existing transportation trends, and the current state of transportation modes, including:
- Cars
- Goods movement
- Transit
- Walking
- Cycling
Transportation tomorrow: A complete streets approach
Learn more about our complete streets approach within the TMP, with details on:
- Shift in approach
- Completing the street
- Multi-modal integration
- Shifting behaviour
- Sustainable future
Implementing the TMP
Discover how the recommendations of the TMP can be implemented in our policies, programming and projects.