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  • In the context of climate change, it's important to increase use of alternative methods of tranportation like transit, cycling and walking

    Meeting Date:

    Rezoning 6081-6083 Collingwood Place for a five-story rental building

    ".. I've been to lots of your cities where the streets are pretty narrow but they are car-light and cars travel extremely slowly. They're mostly pedestrian and cycling and transit-oriented. So I'm wondering, are you suggesting that we continue to think about the use of that street as a car-heavy street and be concerned about that kind of traffic? Or should we be thinking about a very different kind of city as we move forward?."

  • We should be thinking about cities that are people first cities

    Meeting Date:

    Fry motion to revisit, refreshing Vancouver's commitment to safer, slower 30Km/h streets

    "..., more cars, bigger cars, wrong direction. We really should be thinking about cities that are people first cities. ... the Vancouver plan actually does that... it is our direction now to put into a official community plan and the reallocation, for example, of 11% of neighborhood streets to non-car uses was probably one of the most popular things outside of increasing affordable housing was in every neighborhood of Vancouver... "

  • Cycling is one of the Key Elements of the Jericho Lands Project

    Meeting Date:

    Jericho Lands Policy Statement

    "The key elements are all ones I align with. Car light, climate smart community, focus on transit, on cycling, on walking paths, rapid transit station at its center."