STANDING COMMITTEE OF COUNCIL

ON TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC

COUNCIL DECISIONS

DATE: Tuesday, April 27, 1999
TIME: 9:30 a.m.
PLACE: Committee Room 1

Third Floor, City Hall

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT DENISE SALMON AT 873-7269

The following recommendations of the Standing Committee on Transportation and Traffic were adopted by Vancouver City Council at its meeting immediately following the Standing Committee meeting.

1. Kits Point Access, Traffic, and Parking Study File: 8014

THAT decision on this matter be referred to the May 4, 1999, Regular Meeting of Council.

2. High Occupancy Vehicle Network for the Greater

Vancouver Region File: 5762-1

A. THAT the following potential measures to improve transit travel times and reliability be reviewed in more detail:

- Bus/HOV Lane on Hastings Street, between Renfrew Street and the Downtown, in the AM peak period westbound, and PM peak period eastbound.
- Various discrete transit priority measures including signal priority and bus bulges on selected sections of Main, Fraser and Burrard Streets.

B. THAT the 25% City share of a consultant study for the review in Recommendation "A" above, up to a maximum of $25,000, be provided from Streets Basic Capital Unappropriated Account No. 30000169 - Bus Bulges.

C. THAT property owners along Hastings Street from Renfrew Street to the Downtown be informed of, and have an opportunity to provide input into, the study regarding the potential bus/HOV lane on Hastings Street, and that directly affected property owners be consulted on any discrete priority measures that may emerge from the study.

D. THAT staff report back to Council on the conclusions of these studies.

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