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Community Plan Themes, Goals & Actions Economic Infrastructure

Theme EC 4: Infrastructure

Theme Statement

Kingston’s well-maintained infrastructure and facilities meet the needs of residents, businesses, and visitors and provides a flexible platform for strategic infrastructure investments in the future.

Indicators

  • Infrastructure Condition
    • Number of wastewater main backups per 100 km of wastewater main in a year.
    • Number of water main breaks per 100km of water pipeline per year.
  • Transit (Ridership per capita - trips per person).
  • Commuting Mode (Percentage of Labour Force travelling to work on bikes, bus and foot).

Goals13

  • Invest strategically in municipal infrastructure and services to ensure that it meets the goals of all pillars, in a balanced manner.
  • Plan, construct and maintain safe, secure, convenient, efficient, and attractive transportation infrastructure to encourage pedestrian, cycling and public transit modes of transportation.
  • Increase the number of passengers using public transit.
  • Improve local, regional, national, and international linkages between different types of transportation and transportation hubs.
  • Reduce single occupancy and short distance motor vehicle use.
  • Develop an interconnected regional trail network.
  • Promote the use of vehicles that are electric, hybrids, or in top fuel efficiency class.

Actions

Action Action Lead Target Status

Kingston MeshNet Initiative The goal of this initiative is to create a versatile, decentralized network built on secure protocols for routing traffic over private mesh or public internetworks independent of a central supporting infrastructure,  Using existing FLOSS,vpn, TOR, peer-to-peer and other technologies.

Open Source Action Centre

We would install a network of server’s across Kingston. These server’s would be located in the offices and buildings of community groups, organizations and individuals. Pirate boxes, router stations, will be key features of the Kingston Meshnet. Access to the Kingston Meshnet would be provided free with a BlackBox.

Ongoing

Bike Shop
The Bike Shop provides a centre for bike safety, security and maintenance to promote carbon-free alternative transport and healthy lifestyles by providing students with an outlet that actively encourages community support and enthusiasm for active, pollution-free transportation.

Queen's University Alma Mater Society (AMS)

To increase knowledge regarding bike maintenance skills, to monitor local bike theft in an effort to reduce bike theft, and the promotion of social, environmental and economic sustainability.

Ongoing

My Ride Public Transit Trip Planner
Kingston Transit's online tool to facilitate the use of public transit.

 

City of Kingston

Make using public transit easier.

Online and available

Princess Street Reconstruction Project
A project in partnership with Utilities Kingston.

City of Kingston

A coordinated reconstruction of lower Princess Street (Lake Ontario to King Street) to replace the road and sidewalk systems, improve the streetscape and modernize underlying sewer, water and other utilities.

Scheduled start in March 2010. Completion by July 2010.

13 Goals for drinking water, waste water, and sewage are addressed in EN 2 Water.