Street with neighbourhood slow zone sign

Neighbourhood Slow Zone Program

We’re reducing speed limits to 30 km/h on all local streets to improve safety for people:

Walking
Biking
Rolling
Taking transit
Driving

To support the ability to enforce speed limits, we'll install 30 km/h signage at entry points into residential neighbourhoods.

The first 25 neighbourhoods were selected because they are primarily local residential streets surrounded by arterial (main) roads. They already have, or will soon have, traffic calming features that support lower vehicle speeds.

When signage will be installed

30 km/h signage will be installed at entry points into 25 neighbourhoods over the next 3 years.
17 of the 25 neighbourhoods already have traffic calming in place, with most drivers travelling below 30 km/h.
- The remaining 8 neighbourhoods are scheduled for additional traffic calming through the Neighbourhood Traffic Management Program.
- More neighbourhoods may receive signage in the future, if funding is available.

Local streets are typically in residential areas and don’t have a centre line.

Map of neighbourhood slow zones
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Neighbourhoods with slow zones installed (green)
Planned neighbourhood slow zones for 2026 (blue)
- DTES and Strathcona - Strathcona Park (1.4 MB)
- Grandview Woodland East (1.3 MB)
- Mount Pleasant North East (1.3 MB)
- St Georges (986 KB)
- Killarney North East (To be completed through Neighbourhood Traffic Management Program)
How we selected the neighbourhoods
The Neighbourhood Slow Zone Program prioritizes lower speed limits in areas:
- With a history of pedestrian and cyclist collisions on local streets
- With higher numbers of residents more likely to be seriously injured or killed walking or biking (children, older adults, and people with disabilities)
- Where there are more local destinations that people are likely to walk or bike to (schools, libraries, parks, community centres)
- With more people driving on local streets
- With existing speeding concerns
Council decision and traffic by-law changes
The Province of BC sets a default speed limit of 50 km/h unless otherwise posted, but municipalities can lower limits on individual streets.

Council unanimously approved reducing speed limits on local streets to 30 km/h, as announced in the July 2025 news release. Following Council’s decision, the Street and Traffic By-law was amended to set local street speed limits at 30 km/h. Vancouver has long applied 30 km/h limits on local street greenways and in school and playground zones.

Council reports
- Safer Slower Streets Council report (758 KB)
- Grandview-Woodland Slow Zone Pilot report (9.2 MB)