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  1. Cycling for Everyone: Develop a complete cycling network that feels safe and attractive to all

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    77 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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    An ongoing process. Many of the City’s recent initiatives (e.g. downtown separated bike lane trial, additional traffic calming on existing routes) work towards this vision. The draft Greenest City action plan will support this idea, and include directions to help inform the upcoming transportation plan update and new active transportation plan.

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  2. Ban garburetors - they waste water and put waste in water

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    5 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Use less water  ·  Admin →
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  3. Make the free stuff Xchange on 4th and McDonald official.

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    1 comment  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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    I'd love to see free stuff exchanges in every neighbourhood. Or a city-wide designated day of purging where everyone puts their stuff out by the curb to be taken by whomever wants it. Similar to what happens on Montreal's moving day.

  4. Take the buses off Granville and turn it into a City square like europe with patios (and drinks)

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    1 comment  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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    LB commented  · 

    Having Granville as a pedestrian street during the summer was fantastic! It was so wonderful to enjoy a vibrant shopping street without cars/buses going by!! To actually be able to carry on a conversation without being drowned out by traffic - so wonderful! Now the buses have the street back and Vancouver once again lacks any kind of active pedestrian-only space. Cars and buses get to use every single street in the entire city - let's give just a few blocks of one street to the pedestrians to enjoy.

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  5. Require all fast food take-out containers to be reusable, compostable, or recyclable

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    10 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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  6. Stop UBC sprawl

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    1 comment  ·  GC 2020  ·  Admin →
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    UBC is not under the City's jurisdiction, is it? I don't think the City of Vancouver can dictate anything to UBC about their land use planning.

  7. Prohibit the use of outdoor space heaters on both residential and restaurant/cafe patios

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    2 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce greenhouse gas emissions  ·  Admin →
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    As much as I love sitting out on a patio and being warm, I have to agree - this is such a waste of energy - to actually be burning fossil fuels to heat the outdoors. We have to be smarter. European patios provide blankets - if they can survive without patio heaters, so can we.

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  8. Require residential water metering

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    12 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Use less water  ·  Admin →
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    Water pricing doesn't have to be flat rate pricing, it can be more sophisticated. Much like BC Hydro charges one rate for the initial, low consumption, and then when you go over a certain consumption amount, they start charging you a higher rate.

  9. More glass recycling

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    2 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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    You can currently recycle all your glass bottles (jars, etc) via the City's blue bin curbside recycling program. http://vancouver.ca/engsvcs/solidwaste/recycling/howto.htm

  10. Encourage vegan options for all!

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    130 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Lighter Footprint  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    Low footprint food choices are not the same as vegan food choices in all cases, the analysis is more complex than this. Generally a low footprint diet is local, seasonal food, and limits consumption of red meat, dairy, and some grains. Low footprint food choices are included in the draft Greenest City Action Plan and will be discussed through community engagement activities.

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    LB commented  · 

    I don't necessarily disagree with the objective of this idea but I'm confused about what it is, exactly, the supporters want the City of Vancouver to do? How does a municipality encourage private businesses to change their menus?

  11. Introduce water conservation rebates to encourage purchase of water-saving fixtures and appliances

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    6 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Use less water  ·  Admin →
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    Wendy - while I appreciate the goal of consuming less..... we have a City full of old housing stock that is wasting energy and water. How can we make the city greener if we don't upgrade anything in these buildings?

  12. Encourage truck drivers to upgrade diesel engines to more modern and efficient models

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    3 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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    It may be an advantage if your goal is to cut down on particulate emissions (which are a significant source of health problems). Newer diesel engines are significantly cleaner than older diesel trucks, so whatever we can do to get the older trucks off our roads, the cleaner our air will be.

  13. Allow interest free loans for home renos--collect via the property tax over life of home

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    2 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Green existing buildings  ·  Admin →
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    interest free (or low interest) loans paid back via property taxes are a great idea, if they are used for energy efficiency upgrades only (i.e. making the property greener).

  14. Place More Blue Recycling Bins Around The City

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    21 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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    Agree - it's time to step up our waste reduction efforts in our parks and on our streets (in addition to in people's homes. Partly for the sake of waste reduction but also to send the message to people that this is important and worth the effort.

  15. Regulate non-road emission sources like diesel generators, lawn mowers and leaf blowers

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    4 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Improve air quality  ·  Admin →
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  16. No more floor-to-ceiling windows

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    2 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Build carbon neutral new buildings  ·  Admin →
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    Is it necessary to ban floor-to ceiling windows - or is the better approach to set energy performance standards (that floor-to-ceiling windowed buildings couldn't meet)? The goal really is to improve the energy performance of the building, yes?

  17. Unbundle parking and housing costs

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    5 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    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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    This should absolutely be done. People without cars should not have to buy parking spaces - especially in a housing market as expensive as Vancouver's. And people with cars should be made aware of how very expensive they are.

  18. Develop a city-supported urban farming program

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    10 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
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    This is a very creative idea that seems like it would build a strong foundation for the future of local food in Vancouver.

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  19. Build the Downtown Streetcar Network

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    10 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    Requires support from TransLink. The City will continue to support this idea, through measures including secured rights-of-way (e.g. the centre median on 1st Avenue near the Olympic Village). The recent Olympic Line streetcar demonstration was very successful and helps make the business case for this project.

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    LB commented  · 

    Is the suggestion that the City of Vancouver pay for the streetcar or lobby TransLink to build it?

  20. Repeal mandatory bike helmet legislation

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    72 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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    1. a bike share program will be an expensive failure if we require helmets - it defeats the whole purpose of a bike share program, which is the idea that people can pick up bikes on a whim for short trips.

    2. relying on anecdotes about helmets saving lives is not the way to make policy. The studies on helmets saving lives are ambiguous at best, and are certainly contradictory.

    3. no city with any significant mode share of bikes has a law requiring helmets. We could try to be the first, or we could realize that whether we like it or not, requiring helmets discourages people from biking. What do we want more - 3-4% of the population on bikes with helmets or 10-40% of the population on bikes with only some wearing helmets?

    4. Interesting article in the Vancouver Sun the other day on this issue: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Wearing+bike+helmet+might+make+safer/3239860/story.html

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