Transportation ideas should fit North Vancouver.

Transportation principle

Build a local network for North Shore destinations.

TransLink connects us to the region. A North Shore network should move us around the North Shore.

Regional rapid transit

Oppose extending elevated SkyTrain onto the North Shore.

This is not opposition to rapid transit. The concern is whether large elevated guideways fit the terrain, neighbourhoods and dispersed travel patterns of the North Shore. Regional transit can connect to the North Shore, with passengers transferring into a local network designed for local destinations.

• Terrain and neighbourhood impact
• Noise and construction disruption
• Cost
• Whether one regional line serves dispersed North Shore trips

Proponent-led North Shore ropeway

Let qualified proponents develop the project. Make the City an effective enabler.

Encourage qualified private proponents, investors, landowners, manufacturers and operating groups to bring forward proposals to finance, design, build, operate and maintain a North Shore ropeway network. Start with one technically and commercially viable corridor.

Prefer private capital and private operating and construction risk where practical. Do not promise complete private funding before market testing shows what is feasible.

The private sector can develop the project. The City should make sure a good project can actually get built.

Lonsdale Quay mobility node

Make the Quay the gateway between Metro Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky corridor.

Protect the opportunity for a future passenger rail station and access while integrating the waterfront with SeaBus, buses, regional rapid transit, North Shore ropeways, walking and cycling.

• Protect station and access opportunities in land-use planning.
• Avoid waterfront decisions that foreclose future rail access.
• Coordinate interchange design.
• Advocate for provincial and regional corridor study.
• Plan the Quay as one multimodal node rather than disconnected terminals.

No service frequency, technology, travel time or opening date will be promised before corridor engineering and a business case exist.

Parking and reliable access

Store cars off street. Keep the curb working.

The objective should not be maximum parking or minimum parking. It should be reliable access.

• Encourage realistic off-street parking, especially for larger family homes, within provincial law.
• Encourage shared or dedicated garages serving multiple buildings or commercial areas.
• Prioritize curb space for short-term access, customers, visitors, accessible parking, trades, loading, deliveries and pickups.
• Measure occupancy, turnover, accessibility, customer experience and business effects.

Parking should support community life, not get in the way of it.

A simpler parking experience

Your first interaction with a neighbourhood should not be a parking app.

• Retain practical physical payment.
• Never make an app the only realistic option.
• Keep the existing short free period straightforward and visible.
• Make pay stations easy to find and use.
• Consider merchant validation and pay-on-exit in appropriate City lots.
• Measure user difficulty and abandoned transactions, not only occupancy.

Current City parking mechanics and occupancy targets will be rechecked before the site quotes them precisely.

Resident work vehicles

People should not be penalized for the vehicle their job requires.

Develop a practical policy or permit for resident work vehicles that can be parked safely without blocking sidewalks, driveways, sightlines, loading or emergency access.

Exact current bylaw restrictions will be documented before the website names particular vehicle classes or rules.

Shared and autonomous mobility

Prepare for new mobility without surrendering the curb.

• Plan off-street hubs where shared vehicles can park, charge, clean and wait.
• Provide managed pickup and drop-off space at major destinations.
• Design new parking structures so they can be converted if demand changes.
• Support existing shared-car systems.
• Do not assume a specific deployment date for autonomous fleets.

Walking and cycling

The busiest active transportation network is the sidewalk.

A good sidewalk moves people. A great sidewalk also gives people a reason to stay.