SCARP Studio Report for Greenways Refresh : A Re-envisioning of Vancouver’s City Greenways
department or school: Applied Science, Faculty of
department or school: Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
contributor: SCARP Planning Studio
creator: Park, Jimin
creator: Craig, Chelsea
creator: Pagnucco, Bruce
creator: Farias, Adriana Valentina
issued: 2021-06-17T14:19:37Z
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.
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note: April 2021Prepared for the City of VancouverBy Chelsea Craig, A. Valentina Farías, Bruce Pagnucco, Jimin ParkSCARP Studio Report for Greenways RefreshA Re-envisioning of Vancouver’s City Greenways2ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSPhotograph: Alejandro LuengoThis report was produced for the City of Vancouver as part of the Planning Studio course at UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP). The Greenways Refresh Studio Project was conducted in partnership with City of Vancouver Engineering Services, and under the mentorship of SCARP faculty, by the students of the Studio to help inform the City’s broader Greenways Refresh work. As such, the content and recommendations in this report are not directly approved or endorsed by City of Vancouver.Thank you to the following individuals who have provided mentorship throughout this project: ‐ Sam Khany, Senior Transportation Planner, City of Vancouver ‐ Angie Weddell, Long Range Transportation Planning Engineering Assistant, City of Vancouver ‐ Simon Mueller, Senior Transportation Planning Engineer, City of Vancouver ‐ Dr. Maged Senbel, SCARP ‐ Erick Villagomez, SCARP ‐ Clare Mochrie, SCARP ‐ Dr. Penny Gurstein, SCARP The Planning Studio is a two-semester, intensive, professionally-oriented course that partners student teams with municipalities, community organizations or businesses to work on real-world planning projects. This report was prepared by Chelsea Craig, Adriana Valentina Farias, Bruce Pagnucco, and Jimin Park.3EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe 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. The City’s recent adoption of the Climate Emergency Action Plan, Rain City Strategy, and the ongoing development of the Vancouver Plan, presents a timely opportunity for the …
has type: Report
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0398430
language: eng
peer review status: Unreviewed
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
is part of: University of British Columbia. PLAN 526
subject: Greenways
subject: Active Transportation
subject: Public Realm
subject: Sustainable Modes
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78704