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SCARP Studio Report for Greenways Refresh : A Re-envisioning of Vancouver’s City Greenways Park, Jimin; Craig, Chelsea; Pagnucco, Bruce; Farias, Adriana Valentina

Abstract

The original vision for Greenways in the City of Vancouver, set out in the seminal 1995 Greenways Plan, is only partially realized. The resulting outcome has been a variety of expressions of Greenways, inconsistent in functionality, design, and quality that are, in many cases, hard to distinguish from other local bikeways. Our re-envisioning process began by looking outward to gather information on the current discourse and latest planning practices around the world relating to Greenways. We developed a high-level Greenways Evaluation Framework which features a comprehensive set of overarching guiding principles, themes, evaluation criteria, and associated metrics. This Framework is a resource intended to be used by City of Vancouver planning staff to conduct critical assessments of the City’s existing Greenway network as well as the individual corridors within it, and guide future Greenways planning. The Framework features a comprehensive set of six guiding principles that can be applied to all Greenway segment typologies. Greenways are reenvisioned as places for all ages, abilities, and identities to experience. They are places where active transportation modes are given priority where people can gather or find solitude in high-quality continuous public spaces in a manner that enhances and responds to the surrounding context.

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SCARP Studio Report for Greenways Refresh : A Re-envisioning of Vancouver’s City Greenways
Creator
Park, Jimin; Craig, Chelsea; Pagnucco, Bruce; Farias, Adriana Valentina
Contributor
SCARP Planning Studio
Date Issued
2021-04
Description
The original vision for Greenways in the City of Vancouver, set out in the seminal 1995 Greenways Plan, is only partially realized. The resulting outcome has been a variety of expressions of Greenways, inconsistent in functionality, design, and quality that are, in many cases, hard to distinguish from other local bikeways. Our re-envisioning process began by looking outward to gather information on the current discourse and latest planning practices around the world relating to Greenways. We developed a high-level Greenways Evaluation Framework which features a comprehensive set of overarching guiding principles, themes, evaluation criteria, and associated metrics. This Framework is a resource intended to be used by City of Vancouver planning staff to conduct critical assessments of the City’s existing Greenway network as well as the individual corridors within it, and guide future Greenways planning. The Framework features a comprehensive set of six guiding principles that can be applied to all Greenway segment typologies. Greenways are reenvisioned as places for all ages, abilities, and identities to experience. They are places where active transportation modes are given priority where people can gather or find solitude in high-quality continuous public spaces in a manner that enhances and responds to the surrounding context.
Subject
Greenways; Active Transportation; Public Realm; Sustainable Modes
Genre
Report
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. PLAN 526
Date Available
2021-06-17
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0398430
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78704
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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