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How can we reach our 2020
Greenest City Targets?

Joseph Jones

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  1. Charge for curbside parking everywhere in Vancouver, and provide 1 free permit per homeowner grant.

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

    The draft Greenest City Action Plan will include directions to advance parking policies that encourage a reduction in vehicle ownership and driving, support sustainable transportation choices, and increase housing affordability near transit. Better management of curbside parking will help to reduce cruising and congestion caused by drivers searching for an available space. Redesigning the residential parking permit program will address parking spillover concerns associated with off-street reductions and better reflect actual street space value.

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  2. Put the Blue into Green: daylight our Lost Creeks

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    19 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Improve access to nature  ·  Admin →

  3. Reclaim road and/or parking space to create plazas and parklets.

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    16 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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  4. Encourage deconstruction to recover used building materials & reduce construction waste

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    10 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    The Draft Greenest City Action Plan includes an action to develop a building deconstruction policy. The City is piloting a building deconstruction project and is exploring options for an incentive program to encourage deconstruction.

    Joseph Jones supported this idea  · 

  5. Mandatory 25¢ fee for plastic shopping bags

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    28 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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  6. Drinking water fountains + bottled water ban

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    started  ·  26 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Use less water  ·  Admin →
    Joseph Jones supported this idea  · 

  7. Support Pay-As-You-Drive (PAYD) auto insurance premiums to reward those who drive little

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    9 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage shorter vehicle trips  ·  Admin →
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  8. Create a separated bike lane along Kingsway

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

    The city’s new 10-year cycling program master plan will soon be in development, and hopefully completed within the next year. A big part of the work ahead is to identify where separated bike lanes might be appropriate.

    Lessons learned from the downtown trial will be an important input into the plan. The results so far support evidence elsewhere that separated bike lanes are a great way to make cycling more attractive on busy streets.

    For more information, visit http://vancouver.ca/cycling .

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  9. Stop making pedestrians push buttons at intersections with traffic lights

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    3 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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    Joseph Jones commented  · 

    Someone from Traffic Engineering recently told me that those pushbuttons are intended to favor pedestrians over automobile traffic. That is not my experience. Pushbuttons at regular red-and-green intersections (not the flashing greens) make me feel like cars count and pedestrians do not.

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