How will the permanent School Street
This project will ensure that the Comox Greenway remains accessible to people using active transport to travel to and past the school even during school dropoff and pickup times.
The School Street effectively expands the perimeter of the school giving drivers more room to maneuver in and out of the school zone. The safety of the School Street gives parents the confidence to allow children, even young children to walk from the corner by themselves or even all the way from home for older children. Some Lord Roberts students live in the apartment buildings on the School Street block and safely cross the quiet street to and from the school unsupervised by their parents.
Delivery e-trikes, bike lane-scale snowplows and food-delivery bike messengers have continued to access the street during School Street hours throughout the two years the program has been running on Comox Street.
The plan for the Comox Year-Round School Street has been approved by emergency services.
All the apartment buildings on the School Street block have parkades that exit to Henshaw Lane at the rear. There are no driveways on the School Street block. Moving vans have moved residents’ belongings into the apartment buildings from the lane during School Street’s operating times.
The row of townhouses along SeaBreeze Walk is a good example of an extremely successful car-free street. SeaBreeze Walk is part of the Yaletown seawall path and is permanently closed to motor vehicles. Residents meet taxis/Ubers at the corner of Hornby or Howe Streets, delivery workers simply park near the corner and walk along SeaBreeze Walk to the front doors of the townhouses and visitors who arrive by car park on the surrounding streets. Residents' homes are incredibly quiet in the absence of passing motor vehicles and there is no street noise louder than human voices and the occasional bike bell, freewheel or the music of passing cyclists.
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