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289 votes
TransLink is currently leading a study to determine the best approach to deliver high-capacity, fast, frequent, and reliable rapid transit for the Broadway Corridor from Commercial Drive to UBC. A number of technologies and alignment options are being considered, including rail rapid transit (e.g. SkyTrain), surface light rail transit, and bus rapid transit.
The City of Vancouver is directly involved as a partner agency in the study. In April 2010, City Council endorsed ten principles to guide City input into this process (http://vancouver/ubcline/principles).
Visit http://vancouver.ca/ubcline to learn more about this work, including upcoming public engagement events.
An error occurred while saving the comment Regarding City of Vancouver vs Metro Vancouver:
I think we certainly need to consider the whole of the lower mainland, but it's important to keep in mind that many of the users of the east/west corridor are coming from the skytrain system and outside of the city proper. Just because the proposed rapid transit lie entirely within City of Vancouver boundaries, doesn't mean it's just built for city proper residents, it's for everyone who needs to commute in the translink system.Regarding Ekai's comments:
Translink can certainly do a lot more with the existing buses. Route 99 desperately needs its own lane. Buses on Broadway often have to stop at traffic lights and wait for someone trying to parallel park on street. Having a road system that prioritizes the buses would tremendously improve speed and reliability. However, this does not mean an underground option should be thrown out of discussion because Metro Vancouver must think bigger about our future. In the fifties, city planners thought there'd be a million and half people in the region and that would require a lot of infrastructure. But look today, more than 2 million and we are still growing fast. Our infrastructure planning has always been too conservative. When we do realize that we need an underground rapid transit, it may be too late and we'd be asking ourselves, why didn't we decide earlier? -
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Exploring ways to facilitate and remove barriers to achieving our green & density goals
An error occurred while saving the comment I totally support the development of laneway homes. However, I feel this will not be enough in our efforts to achieve ecodensity. Planning Team, you've talked about not changing the "feel of the area", but wasn't our love for the "feel of the area" simply translated from our love of suburbanism? I wish one day the city will seriously educate people about the harms of suburbanism, then we can fully accomplish ecodensity.
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19 votes
Great idea, but perhaps it should go even further: the goal should be to make walking, cycling, and transit even sexier than driving!
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54 votes
The City supports the idea of road / congestion pricing, and bridge tolls are one possible implementation. A regional (as opposed to a downtown or city) approach might work best, given travel behaviour, patterns of movement, and jurisdictional issues. This lies outside City jurisdiction, so our role is limited to advocacy; changes to Provincial legislation are required.
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42 votes
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113 votes
Point taken that adjusting costs of different travel modes to support more sustainable choices is a good idea. The City will continue to review parking fees to better reflect street value and market demand, and the Greenest City Plan adds a more explicit environmental lense to this work. Transit fares fall outside City jurisdiction, and there are multiple factors to consider. Fares are an important revenue source for TransLink; at the same time, it is important that prices are affordable and equitable.
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136 votes
You may be interested in learning more about the following programs:
UBC Line Rapid Transit Study – http://vancouver.ca/ubcline and http://www.translink.ca/ubcline
Central Broadway Planning Program – http://vancouver.ca/broadway
Cambie Corridor Planning Program – http://vancouver.ca/cambiecorridor
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Surrey Rapid Transit Planning Program – http://www.translink.ca/en/Be-Part-of-the-Plan/Public-Consultation/Current-Consultations/Surrey-Rapid-Transit-Study.aspx
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92 votes
Some interesting ideas here.
First, a bit of clarification: London doesn’t prohibit cars from entering the city centre; rather it imposes a fee to discourage their use. This is commonly called congestion charging and it can serve multiple purposes: first, it reduces motor vehicle congestion so that the people who really need to drive (e.g. goods movement, taxis, and essential service vehicles) can get around without getting stuck in gridlock; second, it provides a potential revenue source which can be directed to support improvements to more sustainable modes (public transit, active transportation).
Congestion pricing is an interesting idea for Vancouver — both as a means to reduce congestion and to generate revenue to improve transit service. It might make more sense to think about it at the regional (rather than city centre or municipal) level, though, given that it would affect travel patterns across the metropolitan area. It would also…
An error occurred while saving the comment It's very true that this idea will eliminate cars polluting downtown, but does it reduce pollution overall? I'm just thinking that if there may be a possibility that too much Park & Ride would make people believe that suburban areas are more livable because you can just park & ride. Then our surburbia would actually expand and result in more people driving.
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46 votes
Requires support from the provincial and federal governments. The draft Greenest City plan will advocate for new sources of funding for improved transit (e.g. congestion pricing, vehicle levies).
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394 votes
An exciting idea!
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Increase residential density to achieve efficient land use and high walking/cycling/transit mobility
32 votesAs the City reviews land use policy and development bylaws through Community, Central Area, and City-Wide planning programs, opportunities for increased residential density (particularly in walkable neighbourhoods with good transit connections) are actively pursued (in balance with concerns for neighbourhood character and community involvement in city building decisions at the neighbourhood level).
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47 votes
The Rediscover Granville program was a big success in 2009, and the City will be looking to continue and build upon this work in future years. More broadly, the draft Greenest City plan will include directions to explore pedestrian-only and pedestrian-priority streets in the downtown core. Potential locations will be identified at a later date (e.g. as part of the transportation plan update).
http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/currentplanning/granvilleredesign/rediscover/
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176 votes
The City has supported projects that have voluntarily unbundled parking (e.g. Spectrum), and is actively working to gain authority to require unbundling in new development — this requires changes to Provincial legislation. In 2008, the City proposed the Unbundled Parking Resolution to give BC municipalities the authority to require unbundling in new development. This was passed by the Union of BC Municipalities. Provincial response to date: The Ministry of Community Development will review the proposal and refer the issue to the Development Finance Review Committee for discussion.
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16 votes
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