Category: Advocacy
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Vision Zero Vancouver: 2024 Vancouver Council in Review
It’s been 2 years since the current Vancouver City Council was elected so we’re going to see how their 2024 went! (See our Year 1 report card and our scoring criteria here.) In 2023, there were 2 motions we were especially excited about – Broadway active transport lanes and intersection safety cameras – and both…
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The Results: 2024 Provincial Election Platform Report Card
We have looked at all of the platforms of the major parties and scored them using our 2024 Provincial Election Platform Report Card. How did the parties fare? There was a focus on transit (yay Vote Better Transport BC – Transportation is an election issue!!!!!), with the NDP and Greens tying for #1 and getting…
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2024 Provincial Election Platform Report Card
Rules: Vision Zero Vancouver will rank the platform of each major political party and give them a letter grade ranging from A+ to F. Ranking will be conducted once all three ranked parties release public platforms (or sooner if not all parties release platforms with sufficient time for us to evaluate them). Ranked Parties: Conservative PartyBC…
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Vancouver City Council Unanimously Supports Bus Lanes Throughout Vancouver
We are delighted that Vancouver City Council unanimously approved the motion to add bus lanes to TransLink’s priority routes and request automatic enforcement today! The motion, brought forward by Councilor Christine Boyle, builds off the excellent motion spearheaded by Councilor Sarah Kirby-Yung last year, which committed to speed and priority improvements on 5 routes (Kingsway,…
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Vision Zero x Movement at Khatsahlano 2024!
We had an awesome time alongside our friends at Movement at the 2024 Khatsahlano Street Festival on West 4th Avenue! The sun was out, the music was playing, and the vibes were great. Many of you put a pin in our map showing where places that your bus got stuck in traffic, passed you, or…
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Vancouver City Council unanimously passes additional pedestrian safety measures
This past week saw some long awaited good news on active transport infrastructure in Vancouver. On 29 May Vancouver City Council unanimously voted to direct staff to identify and then allocate additional funds and capacity to accelerate the installation of pedestrian safety measures across the city, particularly around schools, community centres, and parks. They directed…
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Vancouver City Council Unanimously Supports 30 km/h in Residential Areas!
April 11, 2024 Vision Zero Vancouver congratulates Vancouver City Council on unanimously voting in favour of Green Councillor Pete Fry’s Motion “Revisit and Refresh Vancouver’s Commitment to Safer Slower Streets”. Safety is not partisan and Vancouverites can be proud that the motion was supported by all three parties: ABC Vancouver, the Vancouver Green Party and…
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Vision Zero Vancouver: 2023 Vancouver Council in Review
The first full year of Vancouver’s new council is in the books and we take a look back on all the transportation safety-related motions that came to council in 2023. We’ve given each vote a “Vision Zero Impact” score and given points to councilors based on their decisions. These scores are simply based on votes.…
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VZV made a case for safety for keeping Burnaby BRT route on Hastings Street
… reducing deaths and injuries won’t magically happen on its own. It will require a deviation from the deadly status quo. You’ll need to design people-first streets and prioritize transit over personal vehicles. Translink is planning a bus rapid transit (BRT) service connecting the North Shore to Metrotown. A proposed route change would divert the…
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Vancouver Follows Victoria by Calling for More Intersection Safety Cameras but ABC Still Not Serious About Safety
Today the City of Vancouver followed the lead of the City of Victoria by calling on the Province to expand its successful Intersection Safety Camera program, by passing the motion “Creating Safer Streets for People of All Ages with Intersection Safety Cameras.” Vision Zero Vancouver applauds the move and calls on the Province to swiftly…
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