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Finding Your Way: Walking, Cycling and Rolling

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About the project

We are launching the Finding Your Way study to create a strategy to improve signs and information to help residents and visitors find their way around the city. The first theme that we will look at in the Finding Your Way study is walking, cycling and rolling.

The goal of the Finding Your Way: Walking, Cycling and Rolling strategy is to design a user-friendly system of signs and other information tools that will help people to easily find their way along Guelph's trails and cycling routes. Developing an effective 'wayfinding' system will help residents and visitors plan their trips, estimate their travel time, and choose the best route for their needs. The study will also highlight the unique opportunities within Guelph to acknowledge and highlight our history, our destinations and our communities.

To help design user-friendly signs and information tools, we will be asking for ideas and input on the following topics:

  • What types of signs are most useful

  • Where signs should be placed

  • What information should be included on signs

  • What other information tools are helpful for finding your way by foot/bike/scooter/mobility device

The need for this strategy has been identified through previous engagement in the community in several existing master plans: the 2013 Cycling Master Plan, the 2017 Active Transportation Network Study, the 2021 Guelph Trail Master Plan and the 2022 Transportation Master Plan. In all of these plans, it is a shared goal to improve connectivity and accessibility throughout Guelph for all abilities and ages.

This study is supported by a grant from the Federal National Active Transportation Fund. The City is working with Alta Planning and Design and Urban Minds to meet the City's goals and objectives with the community.

What is a Wayfinding System?

A Wayfinding System is a system of signs and other information tools designed to help people find their way around an area. Key components of a wayfinding system include directional signs, maps, route markers, and safety information. The aim is to make routes clear, safe, and accessible.

How to participate

Thanks to everyone who participated in our survey! We are looking at the results and will be reporting back in October.

In person

We will be popping up around the city this September. Check here and in the key dates section to find out where and when.

If you are going to the Guelph Jazz Festival, look for us near the front entrance of City Hall at Market Square on Saturday September 14 from 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Join us at the Willow West Village Fall Fair from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Margaret Greene Park (80 Westwood Road).

We will also be popping up at Riverside Park between the concession and the river on Thursday September 19 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Online

Start or join a conversation using the discussion forum below about how well the current signs for trails and cycling routes in Guelph work for you? What do you like about them, and what could be better?

Or, add a pin to the interactive map and tell us about your favourite routes and destinations and how signs can and could help you get to where you are going by September 25.

Let us know if you require any accommodations or have any questions by reaching out to Kate Berry at Kate.Berry@guelph.ca

About the project

We are launching the Finding Your Way study to create a strategy to improve signs and information to help residents and visitors find their way around the city. The first theme that we will look at in the Finding Your Way study is walking, cycling and rolling.

The goal of the Finding Your Way: Walking, Cycling and Rolling strategy is to design a user-friendly system of signs and other information tools that will help people to easily find their way along Guelph's trails and cycling routes. Developing an effective 'wayfinding' system will help residents and visitors plan their trips, estimate their travel time, and choose the best route for their needs. The study will also highlight the unique opportunities within Guelph to acknowledge and highlight our history, our destinations and our communities.

To help design user-friendly signs and information tools, we will be asking for ideas and input on the following topics:

  • What types of signs are most useful

  • Where signs should be placed

  • What information should be included on signs

  • What other information tools are helpful for finding your way by foot/bike/scooter/mobility device

The need for this strategy has been identified through previous engagement in the community in several existing master plans: the 2013 Cycling Master Plan, the 2017 Active Transportation Network Study, the 2021 Guelph Trail Master Plan and the 2022 Transportation Master Plan. In all of these plans, it is a shared goal to improve connectivity and accessibility throughout Guelph for all abilities and ages.

This study is supported by a grant from the Federal National Active Transportation Fund. The City is working with Alta Planning and Design and Urban Minds to meet the City's goals and objectives with the community.

What is a Wayfinding System?

A Wayfinding System is a system of signs and other information tools designed to help people find their way around an area. Key components of a wayfinding system include directional signs, maps, route markers, and safety information. The aim is to make routes clear, safe, and accessible.

How to participate

Thanks to everyone who participated in our survey! We are looking at the results and will be reporting back in October.

In person

We will be popping up around the city this September. Check here and in the key dates section to find out where and when.

If you are going to the Guelph Jazz Festival, look for us near the front entrance of City Hall at Market Square on Saturday September 14 from 3 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Join us at the Willow West Village Fall Fair from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Margaret Greene Park (80 Westwood Road).

We will also be popping up at Riverside Park between the concession and the river on Thursday September 19 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Online

Start or join a conversation using the discussion forum below about how well the current signs for trails and cycling routes in Guelph work for you? What do you like about them, and what could be better?

Or, add a pin to the interactive map and tell us about your favourite routes and destinations and how signs can and could help you get to where you are going by September 25.

Let us know if you require any accommodations or have any questions by reaching out to Kate Berry at Kate.Berry@guelph.ca

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    How well do the current signs for trails and cycling routes in Guelph work for you? What do you like about them, and what could be better? 

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    What are the landmarks and destinations you use as reference points when walking or cycling through Guelph? Why are they preferred? 

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