The Integrated Transportation Master Plan (I.T.M.P.) and Active Transportation Master Plan (A.T.M.P.) will guide how people and goods move around Oshawa over the next 30 years. The plans will identify transportation improvements that support growth, improve safety and accessibility, enhance connectivity, and align with the City’s environmental, economic, and community objectives.

Oshawa is experiencing growth and change, and travel patterns, technologies, and community priorities are evolving. Updating the I.T.M.P. and A.T.M.P. ensures the City has a coordinated, long‑term strategy to address current transportation challenges and plan proactively for future needs.

The I.T.M.P. looks at the entire transportation system, including walking, cycling, public transit, driving, goods movement, and roads. The A.T.M.P. focuses specifically on walking, cycling, rolling, trails, and other active transportation facilities. Together, these plans provide an integrated approach to transportation planning. The I.T.M.P. and A.T.M.P. will build on Oshawa’s existing transportation network and provide a roadmap to guide transportation investments and decision-making.

During P.O.H. #1, participants provided input on Oshawa's transportation challenges, priorities, and opportunities. Key themes included enhancing safety, connectivity, and accessibility for walking, cycling, transit, and road networks. There was a focus on closing gaps in active transportation, improving access to GO Stations, addressing issues like speeding and intersection safety, enhancing trails, improving signage and wayfinding, and coordinating active transportation initiatives with neighbouring municipalities. This feedback was integral to shaping proposed transportation network improvements.

Network scenarios are options for how Oshawa’s transportation network could be developed to meet it’s long‑term transportation needs. Each scenario reflects a different combination of roadway connections and improvements, while considering how cycling, other active transportation modes and transit function within the transportation network.

P.O.H. #2 presents:

• A summary of feedback from P.O.H. #1
• Two transportation network alternatives
• Preliminary active transportation improvements to consider in Alternative Scenario #3
• Opportunities for improvements related to walking, cycling, transit, and roads networks
• The project schedule and next steps

The project team is seeking feedback on:

• The strengths and weaknesses of each network alternative;
• Gaps or priorities in sidewalks, cycling facilities, trails, transit service, and road network;
• Whether the evaluation criteria for the network scenarios reflect what matters most to the community.

All feedback received will be considered alongside technical analysis and policy direction. Public input will help refine the transportation network alternatives and inform the development of a preliminary preferred transportation network, which will be presented at P.O.H. #3 and reflected in the draft I.T.M.P. and A.T.M.P.

Following P.O.H. #2, the project team will review all feedback received and refine the alternatives and supporting strategies. P.O.H. #3 will present a preliminary preferred transportation network and draft I.T.M.P. and A.T.M.P. policy directions for public feedback. P.O.H. #4 will present the final recommended transportation network and policies before presenting to Council.