The city continues to seek input on its Transportation Master Plan.

It’s inviting residents to complete a second survey on a number of initiatives – from reducing traffic lanes on Second Avenue from four to two, to building another vehicle bridge across the Yukon River.

Residents have until June 30 to complete the survey, which can be found on the city’s website.

Each of the planned projects, policies and initiatives set out in the survey offer different options for residents to show their preference.

The survey notes the Transportation Master Plan is in the draft phase. The project team wants to hear from residents regarding their preferences and input on key elements of the plan.

Whitehorse resident Gayle Moffat has expressed deep concern with the notion of reducing Second Avenue from four lanes to two lanes, with the other two lanes reserved for buses and biking.

“Already, when the South Access or Two Mile Hill is tied up due to landslides, construction or accidents, the line-ups on four lanes of traffic is huge,” Moffat wrote in a submission to the Star.

“Reducing the four lanes to two lanes will delay traffic more so.”

The survey notes the Transportation Master Plan guides the city’s long-term vision and strategy for transportation decision-making and investment for the next 20 years.

It guides how people and goods move around the community in shaping a multi-modal transportation network.

The survey asks residents, for instance, to rank their priority for high-level strategies to improve the city’s transportation system:

• Climate action and sustainability;

• Increasing transportation options for all ages, abilities, incomes and seasons;

• Focus on core transportation services;

• Promote equity and accessibility; and

• Improve traffic safety.

• It asks for residents to indicate their preference for the proposed policy and regulations directions;

• Develop a complete streets policy and update design and maintenance standards manual to create accessible and inclusive transportation;

• Develop a neighbourhood traffic calming policy to encourage safe driving and reduce traffic volumes on neighbourhood streets;

• Develop a vision zero policy to further improve road safety and reduce collision rates and severity;

• Develop a project management policy to refine transportation project procedures to influence their outcomes, from everything from planning to monitoring;

• Develop a new mobility policy to enable seamless and efficient mobility for people snd goods;

• Develop a transportation demand management policy to encourage more active transportation and transit use and reduce the number of private vehicle trips;

• Develop an on-street parking policy to improve parking regulations and parking experience; and

• Conduct a comprehensive transportation bylaw/policy review (city speed limits, recreational motorized use on the city’s transportation network, parking regulations, roadway maintenance, etc.).

The survey asks residents for their preference for safety, maintenance, and operations projects:

• Improve pedestrian/cyclists safety at signalized intersections through lead pedestrian interval/lead bicycle interval initiative;

• Review signal timings of signalized intersections every three years;

• Upgrade traffic signal detection systems at key intersections with known issues;

• Conduct a comprehensive inventory of the city’s transportation infrastructure and assets;

• Create interactive maps to help residents familiarize themselves with the city’s transportation network;

• Further improve the response time of emergency vehicles and develop emergency response route mapping and signage;

• Traffic signal hardware upgrades (bike push buttons, detection systems, accessible pedestrian signals); and

• Develop an on-street electric vehicle charging network.

The survey asks for residents to rank their preference for active transportation projects to improve the Always Available for all Age and Abilities active transportation network, which includes 15 options.

Included in the options are:

• Range Road North active transportation improvements;

• Multi-use pathway system within Whistle Bend; and

• Downtown active transportation improvements along east-west corridors. Improvements include a protected bicycle pathway along Second Avenue, Ogilvie Street, Black Street and Wood Street.

The improvements also include:

• neighbourhood greenways along Ogilvie, Black,Wood, Hanson, Hoge and Lowe Street;

• Mountainview Drive/Copper Road/Quartz Road corridor protected bicycle pathway to improve connectivity among Whistle Bend, downtown and neighbourhoods in-between;

• Robert Service Way active transportation improvements, including multi-use pathway and protected bicycle pathway;

• Takhini active transportation improvements, including a multi-use pathway along University Drive and a protected bicycle pathway along Range Road and a neighbourhood greenway between Normandy Road and Falaise Road;

• Riverdale active transportation improvements, including multi-use pathway (Selkirk Street, etc., protected bicycle pathway along Alsek Road, Lewes Boulevard and Nisutlin Drive, along with a neighbourhood greenway along Teslin Road;

• Hospital area active transportation improvements, including protective bicycle pathway along Lewes Boulevard and Hospital Road and multi-use pathway improvements to connect to the proposed pedestrian bridge; and

• Marwell area multi-use pathway improvements along Industrial Road, Quartz Road, Tlingit Street and Tungsten Road.

The survey asks residents to rank their preference for the following transit bus improvements:

• Handy Bus program improvements;

• Existing route alignment and scheduling improvements to better match demand;

• Onboard technology;

• Peak hour transit service and frequency improvements;

• Bus stop infrastructure improvements; and

Customer service and branding improvements.

It also asks residents their preference for the following intersection and crossing improvements:

• Downtown half/full signals;

• Crosswalk improvement program;

• Intersection improvements/roundabouts along Hamilton Boulevard and Two Mile Hill;

• Intersection improvements along Mountainview Drive, Whistle Bend Way, Range Road, etc.;

• Intersection improvements at Centennial Street and 12th Avenue and 15th Avenue; and

• Improvements at the Second and Fourth Avenue intersection.

The survey asks residents to mark their preference for the following parking projects:

• Evaluate, integrate, and promote parking for car share programs;

• Improve parking-related technologies – new parking meters, mobile applications and handheld enforcement devises;

• Consider the parking implications and the city’s role relative to emerging trends – electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles, connected vehicles;

• Upgrades to accessible parking stalls;

• Improve and co-ordinate parking signage;

• Expand the parking supply for commuters. Consider structured public parking to the periphery of the downtown core; and

• Adjust parking rates for peak hours and off-peak hours, parking passes and parking fines.

The survey asks residents to rank their preference for the following major infrastructure improvements:

• Mountainview Drive/Copper Road/ Quartz Road corridor transit signal priority project, including transit queue jump lanes and transit queue priority signals, to improve the level of transit service;

• A new vehicular bridge crossing the Yukon River (location and timing to be determined);

• New pedestrian bridge crossing the Yukon River, connecting downtown, hospital areas and the Riverdale and Grey Mountain trail system:

• Second Avenue complete streets project: improvements include reducing vehicular travel from four to two lanes, dedicating curb lanes to transit use only during peak hours and re-allocating roadway space to sidewalks.

• Mountainview Drive, Copper Road, Quartz Road corridor widening project to mitigate traffic congestion;

• Hamilton Boulevard/Two Mile Hill, Fourth Avenue corridor transit signal priority project to improve transit service;

• Roadway improvements along Whistle Bend Way/Wann Road to improve traffic conditions and connectivity between communities in the north and Alaska Highway/Mountainview Drive; and

• Roadway improvement along 12th Avenue to improve traffic conditions and connectivity between communities in the north and Alaska Highway.

The survey asks people to provide personal information to provide insights into the background and experience of all those who complete the survey.