Item - 2013.MM37.40

City Council on July 16, 17, 18 and 19, 2013, adopted the following:

1.         City Council request the General Manager, Transportation Services, to report to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee, as a part of the Courier/Delivery Vehicle Parking Permit report or at such time as is considered, on:

a.         strategies to discourage commercial deliveries and truck traffic during peak commuting hours including but not limited to:

i.          a pilot program similar to the Manhattan Off-Hour Truck Delivery Program; and

ii.          banning delivery trucks from travelling or stopping on congested routes during rush hours or other busy periods;

b.         strategies to encourage and enable smaller and/or human powered delivery vehicles where practical; and

c.         any opportunities to use the proposed permit parking system for courier and delivery vehicles to implement innovative policies to relieve congestion.

2.         City Council request the Chief Planner and Executive Director, City Planning, to report to the Planning and Growth Management Committee on:

a.         an update on efforts to increase the provision of laneways parallel to congested routes, providing locations for off-street deliveries; and

b.         strategies to further encourage and expedite the provision of new laneways or other off-street spaces for deliveries.