How we move

Planning for more residents to be within walking distance of their daily needs through land use changes is fundamental to the success of the plan. This enables more people to walk or roll to access their local needs and to rely on vehicles less.

Making it happen

To ensure we meet our target, we'll:

• Exceed our walkable neighbourhoods target in current planning initiatives, such as the Broadway Plan, and achieve a sustainable transportation target of at least 80% of trips be made on foot, bike, or transit by 2030 in current and emerging planning areas around rapid transit stations.
• Bring walkable, complete neighbourhoods city-wide with The Vancouver Plan, currently under development

Driving less is key to reducing our carbon pollution. We’re focusing on making it safer and more convenient for people of all ages and abilities to walk, roll, bike, and take transit.

We need to expand and improve the sustainable transportation network, connecting more people across the city with major destinations in safer and more space-efficient ways, seeking to ensure that the accessibility needs of seniors and people with disabilities are accommodated. This will require more road space to be reallocated to these more sustainable and space-efficient travel modes.

Making it happen

To ensure we meet our target, we'll:

• Plan for transportation pricing in the metro core that would start in 2025
• Expand and improving our walking, rolling, and biking network
• Improve bus speed and reliability
• Encourage more walking, biking, and transit use 
• Promote remote and flexible work options 
• Eliminate parking minimums and introduce parking maximums for new developments
• Implement residential parking permits city-wide

Sometimes people simply need to drive. We need to transition to zero emissions vehicles (ZEVs), like electric cars. While EVs still occupy the same amount of space as gas and diesel vehicles, they're responsible for much less carbon, air, and noise pollution.

To achieve the target, almost all new vehicles purchased in 2030 will need to be zero emissions, and our light-duty passenger fleets, like taxis and car shares, will need to fully transition to zero emissions by 2030.

Making it happen

To ensure we meet our target, we'll

• Implement carbon pollution surcharge on residential parking permits
• Increase EV charging on private property  
• Expand public charging network
• Support EV charging for passenger fleets