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Are we incorporating good, stable bicycle lockups and accommodating micro mobility in new pedestrian areas?
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Granville Street as a Holistic Street
I think implicit in this is a real kind of thoughtful reconsideration around some of the street furnishings around Granville Street and stuff, which were a bit threadbare. How we, when we're talking about a pedestrian area, are we incorporating good, stable bicycle lockups, which is there is a dearth of on Granville Street right now, how we're accommodating a lot of the new sort of micro mobility, and especially in the context of deliveries and stuff. So there's a lot of great, really fantastic opportunity
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.