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Complete Streets Policy Framework City of Vancouver | Complete Streets Planning | 2017 Compl plete te Str Streets ts Recommendations: Council receive for information the Citywide Complete Streets policy framework

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Complete Streets Policy Framework

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Recommendations:

  • Council receive for information the Citywide Complete

Streets policy framework

  • Council approve amendments to the Street & Traffic Bylaw

to facilitate street modifications to support Transportation 2040 safety and mode share targets, and delivery of more Complete Streets

  • Council instruct the Director of Legal services to bring

forward for enactment amendments to the Street and Traffic By-law

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Why Complete Streets?

  • Help achieve Transportation 2040 targets on mode share

and safety

  • Renewable City Strategy
  • T.1.2 Enhance and accelerate the development of

complete streets and green infrastructure

  • Deliver better streets for all users and promote

sustainable transportation

Also Supported by

  • Other Citywide policies:
  • Greenest City Action Plan
  • Healthy City Strategy
  • Citywide Integrated Rainwater Management Plan

(IRMP)

  • ATPC Motion

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Transportation Perspective

  • Consider needs of

people of all ages & abilities

  • Integrate planning for

all modes of travel

  • Ensure critical mobility

and access functions are met

  • Respond to local

context, and connectivity and reliability of the broader transportation network

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Broader Perspective

  • Bring a holistic lens to

street design

  • Integrate seamlessly

land use, transportation, urban design, green infrastructure and public space

  • Promote public life and

deliver context sensitive public realm

  • Help create Complete

Communities

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  • Ensure principled design process with improved multi-

modal designs

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  • Ensure principled design process with improved multi-

modal designs

  • Help prioritize and scope projects for advanced planning

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  • Ensure principled design process with improved multi-

modal designs

  • Help prioritize and scope projects for advanced planning
  • Facilitate more integrated coordination and delivery

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Compl plete te Str Streets ts P Principl ples

Adaptable

  • Flexible
  • Smart
  • Reliability

Green Infrastructure

  • Storm-water

Management

  • Habitat
  • Street Trees

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Transportation

  • Mobility
  • Accessibility
  • Safety
  • Deliveries &

Emergency

  • All Users

& Modes

  • Curbside

Management

Placemaking

  • Land Use
  • Delightful
  • Sociable
  • Vibrant
  • Weather

Protection

  • Contextual
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f a Compl plete te Str Street

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Not a one-size-fits all approach Typologies informed by:

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Not a one-size-fits all approach Typologies informed by:

  • Transportation function within

a broader network

  • Major Road Network

(MRN)

  • Truck Route & Truck Areas
  • Transit (FTN)
  • Greenways

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Str Street T t Typo pology gy a and d Ne Netw twork C Conside derations

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Not a one-size-fits all approach Typologies informed by:

  • Transportation function

within a broader network

  • Available right-of-way

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Str Street T t Typo pology gy a and d Ne Netw twork C Conside derations

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Not a one-size-fits all approach Typologies informed by:

  • Transportation function

within a broader network

  • Available right-of-way
  • Type of street driven by land

use intensity and activity

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Str Street T t Typo pology gy a and d Ne Netw twork C Conside derations

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Not a one-size-fits all approach Typologies informed by:

  • Transportation function

within a broader network

  • Available right-of-way
  • Type of street driven by land

use intensity and activity

  • Other factors that make a

street unique

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Str Street T t Typo pology gy a and d Ne Netw twork C Conside derations

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  • First enacted in 1944
  • Allows for motor vehicle

infrastructure:

  • Mark and modify traffic lanes for

moving vehicles

  • Designate and regulate parking
  • n streets
  • Locating and establishing vehicle

traffic controls on streets

  • But doesn’t allow for:
  • Modification to improve walking,

biking and transit infrastructure (per T2040)

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Existing City Engineer Authority:

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Update City Engineer’s delegated authority to

  • Reallocate public right-of-

way for different modes and uses

  • Divert general motor vehicle

traffic from streets

  • Reroute transit access onto

different streets Allows for more efficient delivery of improvements to achieve T2040 targets

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Recommended amendments to modernize the Street and Traffic By-law

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  • 4. (1) The City Engineer is hereby authorized

to: … “(d) designate by order streets or portions

  • f streets as transit routes and streets or

portions of streets that are to be used exclusively by one or more class of vehicles

  • r traffic, and to order the installation or

alteration of sidewalks, boulevards, lanes, or

  • ther infrastructure or devices to

accommodate or facilitate such traffic or prevent any prohibited traffic.” Recommended by-law amendments

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  • 4. (1) The City Engineer is hereby authorized

to: … “(d) designate by order streets or portions

  • f streets as transit routes and streets or

portions of streets that are to be used exclusively by one or more class of vehicles

  • r traffic, and to order the installation or

alteration of sidewalks, boulevards, lanes, or

  • ther infrastructure or devices to

accommodate or facilitate such traffic or prevent any prohibited traffic.” Recommended by-law amendments

Commitment to appropriate & meaningful consultation Oppo Opportu tunity ty to to Impr prove Delivery

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Identification and strategic prioritization of Complete Street Corridors:

Planni lanning ng for

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Improved Mode Share and Safety Street Rehab Coordination Opportunities Rapid Pace of Redevelopment Newly Constructed Streets

Destination- Rich Streets Underused Asphalt

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  • Reallocating road space on

any major corridor, particularly on destination-rich streets with limited right-of- way

  • Delivering and coordinating

corridor-length improvements through parcel-by-parcel development

  • Continuing interdisciplinary

approach to city building

Implement entat ation C

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Fund Fundin ing and and Deliv livery

A range of treatments without adding significant capital costs:

  • Coordinate to minimize cost
  • Low cost treatments that can be implemented quickly
  • Phasing towards higher quality and more permanent treatments

Potential funding sources remain the same & context sensitive:

  • Capital Plan including Transportation Development Cost Levies (DCLs)
  • Community Amenity Contributions (CACs) & Rezoning Conditions
  • TransLink funding partnerships (MRN, cycling, walking to transit)

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Compl plete te Str Streets ts Ne Next xt Ste Steps ps

Continue Complete Streets Planning by:

  • Communicating more

broadly our Complete Streets Program

  • Strategically identifying

potential corridors

  • Leveraging development

review opportunities

  • Coordinating with street

infrastructure renewal

  • Prioritizing corridors for

design & implementation

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Glob lobal D Desig igni ning ng Cit itie ies I Init nitia iative

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City of Vancouver is endorsing the NACTO Global Street Design Guide to advance our Complete Streets planning and the sustainable street design community worldwide NACTO Global Street Design Guide

  • Improves dialogue with cities around the

world in creating a common vision for city streets

  • Highlights opportunities to rethink our streets

to improve public health, mitigate climate change, enhance the local economy and foster a vibrant public life

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Questions & Comments

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