Vancouver is scheduled to replace 5,500 parking meters with more efficient digital parking stations by the end of 2023.
But those old parking meters have also served as convenient and secure places for cyclists to lock-up their bikes in some of the most popular areas where people live, shop, and work. Worse, Vancouver is already struggling with a lack of secure places to lock-up, despite our reputation as the bike theft capital of Canada.
Greens want to ensure safe and secure locking infrastructure as part of complete communities, and we would like to see the city undertake a comprehensive strategy to audit and improve public bicycle parking city-wide.