Vancouver City Council approves study on eliminating minimum parking standards

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-city-council-approves-study-on-eliminating-minimum-parking-standards

Vancouver City Council has directed city staff to perform a deep dive into eliminating city-mandated parking minimums in future building development projects.

Instead, the intention is to have an Open Parking Policy method where market forces — developers and businesses — would decide on the amount of parking supply needed, and be required to implement transportation demand management (TDM) measures that encourage public transit use and active transportation.

If city council approves a future staff recommendation to abolish parking minimums, Vancouver would follow in the footsteps of Edmonton, which approved the elimination of parking minimums this past June.

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