Bow Corridor Regional Mobility Strategy

The objective of the Strategy was to create an overall framework to absorb or manage the major types and modes of transportation traffic in the Bow Corridor without negatively affecting ecological integrity. The Strategy developed a justified and reasoned list of transportation solutions for the region that can be practically implemented. The project was undertaken in four steps – Issues Scan, Situation Analysis, Best Practices and Alternatives, and the Strategy itself. The Bow Corridor, as defined for the purposes of the RMS, extends westward from the TransCanada Highway / Highway 68 junction to the Alberta / BC border west of Lake Louise. It takes in the communities of Canmore, Banff and Lake Louise and includes lands up to the trailheads on either side of the TransCanada Highway (TCH). The RMS is the product of over a year’s work, but is in reality the culmination of over a decade of gradual transition toward prudent and ecologically sensitive transportation planning in the Bow Corridor.