{"id":261376,"date":"2020-07-12T08:15:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T12:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=261376"},"modified":"2025-01-12T08:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T13:03:20","slug":"city-makes-more-streets-people-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/07\/12\/city-makes-more-streets-people-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"City makes more streets people friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span class=\"extendedSubtitle\">Additional pop-up plaza and temporary patios approved<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"imgallpadding\"><span class=\"date__news\">July 10 2020 \u2013\u00a0 <\/span>To help residents physically distance and to support businesses reopening, we\u00a0continue\u00a0to reshape how we use our streets and public spaces.This week, we unveiled our latest pop-up plazas, approved additional patio permits, and rolled out temporary changes to Granville Street.<\/p>\n<h2>Pop-up plazas<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/files\/cov\/pop-up-plaza-14th-Granville-670x300.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of people sitting at a table at a pop-up plaza at 14th Avenue and Granville Street\" width=\"670\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We continue to work with local businesses and Business Improvement Associations to create temporary pop-up plazas across the city to help residents safely return to community life as businesses continue to reopen.<\/p>\n<p>This week, we installed additional temporary plazas in Yaletown and Mount\u00a0Pleasant. The Yaletown pop-up plaza is for general use while the spaces along Main Street will support local restaurants to expand their patio space.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helmcken Street (Hamilton Street to Mainland Street)<\/li>\n<li>Main Street (10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Avenue to 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Avenue northbound)<\/li>\n<li>Main Street (11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Avenue to 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Avenue northbound)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on the plazas and to take our survey on how to improve these spaces over time, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shapeyourcity.ca\/pop-up-plazas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shapeyourcity.ca\/pop-up-plazas\u00a0<em class=\"fa-comments fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"sr-only\">External website, opens in new tab<\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Granville Street pilot<\/h2>\n<p>As we continue to support the reallocation of public space for physical distancing and temporary patios, changes to Granville Street from Smithe Street to the bridge will be piloted throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>These changes include reallocation of sidewalk-level parking to walking and patio space, transit stop changes, turn restrictions, and lower speed limits to ensure the safety of pedestrians and visitors to the area.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy stendra online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/stendra.html\">https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/stendra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/home-property-development\/covid-19-coronavirus-road-closures.aspx\">vancouver.ca\/roomtomove<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Temporary patio permits<\/h2>\n<p>As part of our efforts to support businesses&#8217; recovery, temporary patios allow food and liquor serving establishments to expand their indoor seating outside and maintain physical distancing requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Temporary patio permits are free to local businesses and are valid until October 31, 2020.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zydena online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/zydena.html\">https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/zydena.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Since launching the program on June 1, we&#8217;ve issued 220 patio permits.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy bimatoprost online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/bimatoprost.html\">https:\/\/www.archbrows.com\/upload\/Specials\/jpg\/bimatoprost.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Here\u2019s a breakdown of the permits received to date:<\/p>\n<table class=\"collapse\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Status<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Public patios<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Private patios<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Approved<\/td>\n<td>181<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Under review<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Outside scope<\/td>\n<td>84<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Total received<\/td>\n<td>275<\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>For more information on temporary patios and a full list of approved locations, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/doing-business\/expedited-patio-program.aspx\">vancouver.ca\/temporary-patio<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Restart and recovery<\/h2>\n<p>Vancouverites continue to do a great job of reducing the spread of COVID-19 by staying home and staying put. As we\u00a0we shift into recovery and restart, we are asking you to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay strong \u2013 keep 2 m apart, do not attend large gatherings, and stay home if you are feeling unwell<\/li>\n<li>Stay local \u2013 support local businesses and your neighbourhood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more detailed information about the status of City services and facilities, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vancouver.ca\/home-property-development\/covid-19-coronavirus-within-vancouver.aspx\">vancouver.ca\/covid19<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Additional pop-up plaza and temporary patios approved July 10 2020 \u2013\u00a0 To help residents physically distance and to support businesses &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":261377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","mauthors-city-of-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282790,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261376\/revisions\/282790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}