Dear Friends,

Thank you for signing the petition.

On behalf of the Community Traffic Coalition, we are asking for your support in raising awareness of the major traffic and public safety concerns impacting East Vancouver.

With your help we are calling on the Mayor of Vancouver, City Council, and Engineering Services to remove these traffic barriers immediately and restore our neighbourhood to the safe and connected community that residents enjoyed for decades. We are demanding that these barriers and traffic diversions be removed, and we will hold our elected officials accountable by making this a key issue in the upcoming municipal election on Saturday, October 17.

Our Concerns Are Part of Growing Movement - There are several reports highlighting our concerns.

1) The CBC reported on June 11, 2026, that “Vancouver Council Backs Away from Reducing Speed Limits on Major Roads.”

2) On July 15, 2024, the Georgia Straight reported “it would appear that the banana barriers don’t make a positive difference—except for a few places where they seemed to make safety worse.” 

3) And an ICBC report from 2023 mentioned the “traffic barriers dramatically increase accidents.”

These traffic calming measures are doing the exact opposite of what they were intended to accomplish.

-They restrict access for emergency vehicles and first responders and endanger lives.

-With the main roads blocked, traffic is overflowing onto school zones, back alleys and other narrow residential streets.

-The barriers eliminate valuable parking spaces when there are parking shortages.

-The barriers create congestion, divert traffic, reduce mobility for families, seniors, and local businesses, and represent a significant waste of tax dollars.

There’s no evidence demonstrating broad community support for these changes among the more than 100,000 plus East Vancouver residents impacted.

Plus, one more thing: if the City of Vancouver is serious about making its streets safer, it needs to prioritize regulating e-scooters and e-bikes. According to the Vancouver Sun, injuries involving these vehicles in Metro Vancouver have doubled over the past year.

Get Involved:

Email your concerns to City of Vancouver, specifically:

1) Gurtej Tung, Transportation Engagement Lead at gurtej.tung@vancouver.ca and

2) Angie Weddell - Senior Neighbourhood Traffic Engineer at angie.weddell@vancouver.ca

3) Email City of Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and Councillors – Pick up their email addresses at  Vancouver City Councillors | City of Vancouver -  https://vancouver.ca/your-government/city-councillors.aspx

Call 311 and demand the barriers to be removed and roads restored to what they were before.

Stay in touch - email us at: removethebarriers2026@gmail.com (to be added to the newsletter)

-Post, share and continue to send us your concerns and stories. 

Additional emails can be sent to:

Slow Streets                   slowstreets@vancouver.ca
Adanac Overpass        adanac-overpass@vancouver.ca

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Thank you,

Community Traffic Coalition

removethebarriers2026@gmail.com