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Slower streets enhance the safe use of micro mobility and e-devices, and more generally, active transportation
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Fry motion to revisit, refreshing Vancouver's commitment to safer, slower 30Km/h streets
I do just wanna highlight that I think the impetus of this most recently is of course, this big shift that we see in micro mobility and more e-devices and indeed our recent pilot that's expanding the use of e-devices in our city. We need to recognize that this is an opportunity to enhance the safe use of those devices and in fact act. More active transportation throughout our city.
I'm out there on a bicycle a lot. I'm a vulnerable road user
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Fry motion to revisit, refreshing Vancouver's commitment to safer, slower 30Km/h streets
I myself, you know, as everybody knows, I'm out there on a bicycle a lot. I'm a vulnerable road user. This is selfishly something that makes a difference to me and it makes a difference to a lot of people in my community.
I'm in a very active transportation community. So these are my neighbors and friends that are directly benefiting from this. And I think it does really speak to, I think, our values as a city and the opportunities because we are a small, compact city.
We are seeing this explosion in, you know, e-device micro mobility that could radically transform. I mean, the hilarious part is I get, now that Mobis have electric bikes, I get to city hall faster from my place than I could ever get in a car. It's just impossible to get in a vehicle at the same speed as an electric bike because I can zip through traffic.
It's efficient. And I think more and more people are coming alive to that. So when we look at opportunities where we can make it safer and more attractive to use active transportation, I think that's a win.
That's a win for our environment. It's a win for our city. It's a win for affordability and it's a win for public safety.
Does inducing new car demand preclude the opportunity for a future Stanley Park bike lane?
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Report to Council on Imagine West End Waterfront Parks, Beaches and Transportation Vision
.. you did mention normalizing this intersection area, and doesn't that not bring about induced demand? And as we normalize it and make it more comfortable for more cars, are we not gonna bring more traffic? And as a follow-up to that, because from February, 2023, the Park Board did provide some direction to have a report back in the summer of 2024 about a new Stanley Park bike lane. Does this preclude the opportunity for a future Stanley Park bike lane by inducing new car demand to the entire area?