VanStat Amendment – Accessibility and Equity
Motion 10 · Council Meeting, February 24, 2026
Summary
- Proposed amending the roads and sidewalks capital funding motion to broaden its scope to include funding for active transportation infrastructure, accessibility improvements, and more equitable allocation across transit, cycling, and walking.
- Councillor Maloney argued existing city policy prioritizes a hierarchy of transportation modes beyond motor vehicles, and the original motion did not reflect that.
- Councillors Fry and Orr expressed support for the amendment.
Vote
Transcript
12 segments
Thank you.
Okay. I'm going to move to the amendment queue here, just as a matter of procedure.
I was hoping that that time I just spent would be on the amendment queue, actually, if it could be transferred, because I do have a whole bunch of questions that I...
Awesome. Councillor Zhou? Yeah, I just want to quickly ask... Do you have a seconder? Great. Councillor Orr, thank you. Councillor Zhou?
Yeah, thanks. Just want to ask a point of information through you, Chair, to the staff.
So just wondering, the transit route, that's funded by the TransLink, right? Not by the city?
It's a combination. So it's the major road network where there are some very significant transit activities that's funded by TransLink, but there are a number of bus routes and transit routes in the city that are on the city arterials that are funded by the city.
Okay, thanks. That's all my question.
Yeah, I'm supportive of the Mayor's amendment, and I think this actually amendment to the amendment from Councillor Maloney supports a lot of the unstated goals in our transportation planning and active transportation and accessibility and equity, so I think that this is also an important amendment to that amendment, and I'm happy to support it. Thank you very much.
If you could please go to the voting panel.