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  1. Turn existing "bike streets" into proper separated bike routes

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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

    Thanks for sharing this idea!

    The city’s new active transportation plan will soon be in development, and hopefully completed within the next year.

    A big part of the work ahead is to identify the complete cycling network, and the type of facility that is most appropriate and/or feasible for different routes. In some cases (e.g. busy arterial routes), separated lanes might be the best approach; in other cases (e.g. lower car volume neighbourhood streets), enhanced traffic calming and/or further reducing car access might be more appropriate. Travis cited some great examples in the Netherlands where cars are ‘guests’ that are allowed in, but do not dominate.

    In all cases, the goal should be to make routes that feel safe to all potential cyclists, including beginners, children, and seniors.

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

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  2. Expand the use of electric trolley buses and electric vehicles

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    13 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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  3. Create more affordable family housing within easy walking/biking/transit radius of downtown.

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    17 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
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    This is absolutely critical to Vancouver becoming the Greenest City! If Vancouver cannot house the people with families who work in the City but instead they must leave to afford to buy a home in one of the surrounding municipalities, Vancouver has just transferred its GHG impact outside its boundaries. But that impact should be accredited to Vancouver and it cannot claim to be the Greenest City without being able to house its workers.

    There are so many effective ways to build affordable housing for moderate income people/families that Vancouver should consider e.g. the staircase model from the UK where a prospective owner buys the share of equity that they can afford and government (and sometimes another private sector partner) own the other portion of the equity. Over time, the owner buys more of the equity, essentially climbing a staircase to full home ownership.

    We need to look to new models to provide affordable family housing! If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten.

  4. Encourage urban food production

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    23 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Encourage local food  ·  Admin →
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  5. bike elevator

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    1 comment  ·  GC 2020 » Travel predominately by foot, bike, and transit  ·  Admin →
    AdminGreenest City Planning Team (Admin, CG2020) responded

    Bike escalators are an interesting idea that may make sense elsewhere in the region (e.g. urban bike routes with a very steep, extended incline). The City of North Vancouver has expressed interest in the past in this idea for Lonsdale Avenue.

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  6. Materials Reuse/ Exchange Program

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    started  ·  3 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Reduce waste  ·  Admin →
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  7. Create a "Greenest Block in the City" award - winner gets a kickass prize!

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    5 comments  ·  GC 2020 » Lighter Footprint  ·  Admin →
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