GC 2020
44 results found
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Up To Day Gone Tomorrow Burrard Street Bridge
After the 2011Election all Permanet Bike Lanes to be removed from City of Vancouver, in the meantime tolls must be set up, access fees paid and Annual Bike license of $200.00. Even the Dogs pay more in the City of Vancouver
1 voteThe trial is intended to improve safety and help make cycling more appealing for all ages and abilities. To date it has been a huge success: significantly more cyclists are using the bridge — a 24% increase in general, even higher for women and children — and accident rates are down. The number of pedestrians and cars crossing the bridge have not changed appreciably, and transit operations are unaffected.
On July 7th 2010, the trial celebrated its one millionth cyclist, less than a year after the trial began. The following day, Council approved funding for the design of bridge rehabilitation work and permanent separated cycling paths.
For more information, please visit http://vancouver.ca/burrard.
On July 8, 2010 Council approved funding for the design of bridge rehabilitation work on Burrard Street Bridge that will include a permanent separated cycling path.
Read the council report here:
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drinking water trucks www.toronto.ca/water/htotogo/
great way to reduce the use of bottled water
1 voteMetro Vancouver has purchased these.
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Reduce volume of waste by crushing
[Submitted via mail by Penny Perry]
"People should be encouraged to do the second meaning of Reduce by crushing their containers thus reducing the space required in garbage containers."
0 votesCrushing waste can make collection more efficient, but it doesn’t reduce the tonnes of waste going to landfill or incinerator. Zero waste puts the focus on reducing waste at the source in order to make better use of resources. Also, many containers are recyclable through the blue box or apartment recycling program, or the deposit-refund system for beverage containers. http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/solidwaste/recycling/index.htm http://www.encorp.ca/cfm/index.cfm?It=902&Id=1&Lo=300,17&Se=38&St=Vancouver&Sv=depot
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Educate consumers about soft water detergent usage
Vancouver's water is softer (contains few or no calcium or magnesium ions) than water in other areas. Softer water requires less detergent when washing clothes or dishes to achieve the same cleaning effect. Residents should be made aware of this to reduce the amount of detergent used and flushed down the drain every day. Consumer education can be achieved by information sheets in libraries and community centres and/or through mandatory product labelling (e.g. information on detergent containers or stickers on new washing machines).
0 votesMetro Vancovuer has an education program for this issue.
