SOUTHWEST COQUITLAM ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS

Client: City of Coquitlam | Current

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Coquitlam is the sixth largest city in British Columbia and one of the 21 member jurisdictions comprising Metro Vancouver. The city offers many transportation options to residents, including a commuter rail connection to downtown Vancouver, a rapid transit connection to the rest of the region, and a robust bus network. As density and development increase across the city, the populace has demonstrated a keen interest in leveraging micromobility solutions for transportation. 

 

In response, the City of Coquitlam is crafting a Micromobility Network to create safe and accessible, multi-modal corridors for people of all ages and abilities who want to walk, bike, scoot, or drive between where they live, work, learn, play, or shop while separating user groups by their speed whenever possible. This project advances the City's goal - 50% of all trips made are made using sustainable modes of transportation by 2050.

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In Southwest Coquitlam, four active transportation improvement projects were identified to connect essential amenities and destinations such as parks, schools, SkyTrain stations, mixed-use neighbourhoods, employment areas, and other community and recreation centres.

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These projects are as follows:

• Nelson Street Active Transportation Improvements

• King Albert Greenway

• Smith-Regan Greenway and Micromobility Route

• Thermal Micromobility Route

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The City of Coquitlam engaged Uplift Co. to provide engagement communications services for all four active transportation improvement projects. The City of Coquitlam's southwest quadrant is vibrant and rapidly growing. The area includes residential towers approaching 50 storeys, single-family homes, parks, community centres, commercial districts, and the Burquitlam Skytrain Station. Engaging residents and interest groups whom these active transportation projects will most impact was a key consideration of Uplift's engagement approach to the project.

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Our team prepared a working Public Engagement and Communications Plan with the city to enable constructive feedback and effective communication from developing design concepts to construction, with the flexibility to address each corridor's unique nature.

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Uplift Co.’s scope also includes meeting facilitation, content development and design for engagement communications materials, survey design and analysis, and collaboration with city planning and communications staff, as well as their transportation engineering consultants.

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Learn more about the City of Coquitlam’s Southwest Active Transportation Improvement Projects.

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