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  • We should be thinking about cities that are people first cities

    Meeting Date:

    Fry motion to revisit, refreshing Vancouver's commitment to safer, slower 30Km/h streets

    "..., more cars, bigger cars, wrong direction. We really should be thinking about cities that are people first cities. ... the Vancouver plan actually does that... it is our direction now to put into a official community plan and the reallocation, for example, of 11% of neighborhood streets to non-car uses was probably one of the most popular things outside of increasing affordable housing was in every neighborhood of Vancouver... "

  • Cycling is one of the Key Elements of the Jericho Lands Project

    Meeting Date:

    Jericho Lands Policy Statement

    "The key elements are all ones I align with. Car light, climate smart community, focus on transit, on cycling, on walking paths, rapid transit station at its center."

  • How we can increase bike users to reach our target based on demographics?

    Meeting Date:

    Staff Presentation on Transportation: Targeting youth and kids to use bikes via offering free bikes or cycling education to increase bike users

    "...that would mean potentially targeting school age kids in terms of getting them involved in cycling, not just by having the routes, but cycling education. Can we get somebody should donate free bikes to people, you know, kids who need them...I'm just curious, like how do we get that mode shift to go up?"