Overview

• Park Board staff published the long-term mobility study after roughly three years of work, and commissioners will review the report and its immediate funding requests.
• Staff seek $30,000 to $50,000 next year to plan a new TransLink service from Waterfront Station around the eight‑kilometre Stanley Park Drive loop, with TransLink indicating interest and potential adjustments to routes 19 and 23 also under consideration.
• The study proposes detailed analyses and pilots for car-free or car-limited options on Stanley Park Drive, with planning for car-free days estimated to cost at least $200,000 before any operating expenses.
• To replace dispersed surface parking if road space is reallocated, the report identifies the Service Yard and Stanley Park Train lots for potential multi-level or modular parkades accessed from Pipeline Road, addressing projections of roughly an 85% parking-revenue drop under a fully car-free drive.
• Accessibility findings show about 80% of visitors with mobility‑impairing disabilities arrive by private vehicle in groups and seniors depend more on being passengers, while Commissioner Tom Digby will press for a permanent protected bike lane on about four kilometres of the park’s west side including the Prospect Point climb.