Vision

Our vision is to create healthy streets that work for everyone. This vision is supported by goals and strategies to create a safe, vibrant, low-carbon city that provides plenty of options for people to get around.

Goals

This vision will be achieved through four goals that were supported by our community and stakeholders during the first phase of engagement in the spring of 2021.

• Our streets will help our city prosper and be a vibrant place.
• Our streets will support real and accessible choices for how we move around.
• Our streets will be safe and comfortable.
• Our streets will reduce our impact on climate change and the environment.

Strategies and Actions

To accomplish the vision and goals in the Draft Mobility Strategy, we propose eleven strategies that are supported with actions and sub-actions. These can be read in detail in the Draft Mobility Strategy, but below are some highlights.

The Mobility Strategy was developed with significant support from the partners, peer agencies, community organizations, and the public. We reached out to City residents, businesses, and visitors throughout our process to learn about their perspectives, ideas, and experience of traveling to, from, and throughout the City to ensure this Mobility Strategy reflected the values of our community and the people who use our streets every day.

Phase 1 engagement, during spring 2021, focused on the overarching strategy framework, and development of the vision, goals, and high-level strategies.

Phase 2 engagement, during spring 2022, collected input on over 100 actions that we proposed to support our vision and goals, and how these actions will be influential toward meeting our goals.

The engagement included a variety of input from various groups in the community:

• 50 stakeholder group meetings with partners, community groups, and peer agencies
• 75 days of open engagement
• 750 surveys completed on our Let's Talk public engagement site
• 1,000 downloads of resources related to our Mobility Strategy
• 3,000 Mobility Strategy website views

Through Phase 1 engagement in the spring of 2021, we heard several main themes about challenges and opportunities for our streets:

• Increased traffic is making us feel frustrated and less safe which is impacting livability for our residents and businesses.
• We want to use our vehicles less often, but other forms of transit are perceived to not be as convenient, efficient, or comfortable.
• Mobility options need to be more affordable and accessible, and the transportation system can still become more equitable.
• The prosperity of our neighbourhoods and businesses depend on our streets, which need to accommodate a range of new uses, while ensuring efficient movement of people and goods.

For more information, please click here to read the Council Information Report summarizing Phase 1 engagement findings.

Phase 2 engagement findings are also summarized in a Council Information Report which you can download here.