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Christine Boyle
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Will the building design accomodate the families on electric cargo bikes and larger bicycles?
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Questioning Proponent of New Building on 33rd Avenue, two blocks West of Victoria Drive
“…can you say a little too about the capacity for…families on electric cargo bikes and using a larger bicycles. I assume that's part of the plan?”
Staff are arriving by bus and families are getting kids around on cargo bikes in East Van and other parts of the city
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Eliminating Onsite Parking Requirements for New Child Care Facilities
"I would love to see us get to a place where we don't have onsite parking requirements for child care. I know... that a lot of families are arriving on bus or a lot of electric cargo bikes these days, getting kids around.... fewer people are driving,..."
It's going to continue to be unsafe for scooters and bikes for quite a while. I bike these routes every week. I don't need someone to explain the traffic safety concerns to me
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Motion to Remove Active Transportation Infrastructure from Broadway Project
"...I see that we are not going to be planning for a bold future here. I hear all of the what I will call excuses and spin here. We're going to add parking back. We're going to have a gradual approach. Broadway is going to remain a crappy street for a while... it's going to continue to be unsafe for scooters and bikes for quite a while....It is not going to get easier. It is absolutely not going to get any cheaper. And so I will just say this is a major missed opportunity"