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Pre-registration required.

Please meet in Hall B at the Info booth 15 minutes prior to departure to find your Tour Lead.

 Embark on a journey to reimagine the streets and public spaces of Gastown. The City of Vancouver is investing to make Gastown a more vibrant, safe, and people-friendly destination for everyone. The City will temporarily transform Water Street into a pedestrian zone in July and August 2024. This pilot project is the first initiative to come out of the Gastown Public Spaces Plan. During this walk, we'll discuss lessons learned from the pilot project and explore various ways to pedestrianize Water Street in the future while enhancing the surrounding street network. We'll consider various modes including walking, rolling, cycling, transit, and vehicle connections to and through Gastown as well as the diversity of transportation and mobility needs of tourists, local businesses, commuters, and residents. Along the way there will be stops at public spaces to reflect on how to support different communities in using and enjoying public spaces, including urban Indigenous communities and low-income residents in the Downtown Eastside. 

Mode of Transportation: Walking