Strathcona traffic calming
Community engagement has concluded.
The City of Vancouver is advancing new traffic calming measures in Strathcona on local residential streets. The program area is bound by Prior/Venables St, Clark Dr, E Hastings St and Gore Ave.
What's happening?
- In March and April 2022, we collected community feedback via online discussion sessions and an online survey.
- The purpose of the engagement was to understand local traffic concerns, including which traffic calming measures work well, and how we can implement similar measures elsewhere in the neighbourhood.
- In May 2022, we analysed the feedback received via the online survey, discussion sessions, and other correspondence. You can read our engagement summary.
- With general support for the proposed traffic calming measures, staff have refined the designs and anticipate implementing the changes using temporary materials between 2023 and 2025. These traffic calming measures will support reducing vehicle speeds and volumes. Staff will monitor their effectiveness in the months following installation. If successful, measures may be upgraded to permanent materials in the future.
The Traffic Calming Update aims to:
- Reduce vehicle speeds and volumes on local residential streets;
- Discourage shortcutting on local residential streets (for example, to avoid traffic congestion on arterial streets);
- Make local residential streets safer and more comfortable for walking, biking and rolling;
- Maintain emergency access;
- Ensure implementation measures are informed by an equitable engagement process.
Your input has helped us:
- Determine where there are traffic concerns in Strathcona
- Determine whether the proposed changes can be implemented and if further considerations are necessary
What next
We are now moving towards implementation of the identified traffic calming measures using quick-build materials. If additional community engagement is needed after implementation, we will return at a later date.
-
Strathcona Traffic Calming Update - Implementation
Share Strathcona Traffic Calming Update - Implementation on Facebook Share Strathcona Traffic Calming Update - Implementation on Twitter Share Strathcona Traffic Calming Update - Implementation on Linkedin Email Strathcona Traffic Calming Update - Implementation linkFrom summer 2023 to winter 2024, we have been installing traffic calming measures in Strathcona. Here’s an update on their progress:
1. 30km/h speed zone for the neighbourhood – implemented in 2023
2. One-way southbound on Campbell Avenue – implemented in 2023
3. Painted crosswalk at E Pender Street and Dunlevy Avenue – upgraded to raised intersection with curb bulges, to be implemented by spring 2025
4. Chicane on Campbell Avenue between E Georgia and Keefer Street – alternate speed reduction measures to be implemented in 2025
5. Roadway narrowing on Glen Drive at E Georgia Street – on hold due to construction at 1120 E Georgia
Two additional measures have also been provided next to the elementary schools:
6. Speed humps installed on 600 Glen Drive next to Admiral Seymour Elementary
7. Strathcona Elementary participated in the School Street program in spring 2023 and 2024
-
Strathcona Traffic Calming - Engagement Summary
Share Strathcona Traffic Calming - Engagement Summary on Facebook Share Strathcona Traffic Calming - Engagement Summary on Twitter Share Strathcona Traffic Calming - Engagement Summary on Linkedin Email Strathcona Traffic Calming - Engagement Summary link
Thank you to all those who provided feedback via the online survey or in one of our Information and Discussion Sessions. Since this public engagement closed on Monday April 4 2022, city staff have reviewed all the feedback received via the online survey, online information and discussion sessions, and by email.
You can read the engagement summary in full.
With general support for the proposed traffic calming measures, staff are now refining the designs and anticipate implementing the changes using temporary materials between summer 2023 and fall 2024. These traffic calming measures will support reducing vehicle speeds and volumes. Staff will monitor their effectiveness in the months following installation. If successful, measures may be upgraded to permanent materials in the future.
