Where We Are Now: Phase 4 Planning
We're currently in the fourth of five phases, Planning, of our Transportation Plan update. This stage focuses on developing policies that provide more transportation choices for residents and support the Plan's proposed 2050 goals of:
- increasing trips using sustainable transportation (active transportation and public transit) to 50%
- achieving zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation
- eliminating serious traffic injuries and fatalities (also known as 'Vision Zero')
Information for this phase is being shared in three parts: the Walking Network, the Micromobility Network and the Road Network.
- Walking Network: In June 2025, City staff presented to the Strategic Priorities Standing Committee on the Walking Network. The work identified where sidewalks are missing and which gaps should be filled first. The long-term goal is to make sure every residential street in Coquitlam has a sidewalk on at least one side, and major streets have sidewalks on both sides.
- Micromobility Network: In July 2025, City staff presented to Council-in-Committee on the Micromobility Network — a plan for safe routes for users of bikes, scooters and their electrified forms. The City will build the main parts of this network to connect key destinations such as schools and parks, provide more convenient travel options and link to regional routes. Over time, additional routes will be added when new developments are built.
- Road Network: The Road Network component will be shared at Council-in-Committee later this year.
After all three parts have been presented to Council, a report on the overall Transportation Plan policy development will be brought forward to Council.
Learn More
- Learn more about the proposed vision, goals and key themes as well as a summary of what we heard during Phase 1 and 2 engagement in the background documents on the right.
- Check out the results of the 2022 Coquitlam Household Travel Survey.
- View the recording of our transportation discussion panel in May 2023 or check out a shorter highlights version.
About the Transportation Plan
How we move people and goods in, through and around Coquitlam is changing. So it is time to update our Transportation Plan to respond to these changes and plan for the challenges ahead by providing a new vision for Coquitlam’s transportation system for the future.
A lot has changed in our community since the current version of the Plan was last adopted in 2012: the Millennium Line Evergreen Extension in 2017; changes to best practices in street design; the need to address climate change mitigation and adaptation; as well as opportunities and challenges associated with emerging technologies.
The Plan is being updated over five phases and developed through extensive research, best practices, technical analysis and community engagement to create a feasible plan that reflects the needs and priorities of Coquitlam residents, visitors and businesses.
The Plan will also align with other City plans such as the recently completed Environmental Sustainability Plan and Economic Development Strategy, as well as the Climate Action Plan and the Accessibility and Inclusion Plan that are currently under development. It will also be supported by additional strategies being developed in parallel: the Road Safety Strategy and E-Mobility Strategy.
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The E-Mobility Strategy will focus the City’s priorities for e-mobility policy and program development, which will inform the Transportation Plan update, while remaining flexible enough to support new forms of mobility and technology Innovations. The E-Mobility Strategy will include short- and long-term actions to better prepare the City for a rapidly changing market that has seen electric bicycles (e-bikes), electric-scooters (e-scooters), seated power scooters and electric vehicles gain increasing popularity around the world. The City is currently participating in the provincial e-scooter pilot project as part of our continuing work to reduce carbon emissions in the community. Learn more at coquitlam.ca/escooter.
The goals of the E-Mobility Strategy are to increase both electric vehicle and e-micromobility adoption, to increase transportation choices and shared vehicle use, and reduce reliance on private vehicles. The expected benefits range from reduced greenhouse gas emissions, healthier lifestyles, less congestion (due to reduced private vehicle use) and lower household transportation costs (due to lower reliance on private vehicles).
In Phases 1 and 2 engagement for the Transportation Plan Update, residents identified road safety as a concern that needed to be addressed. As part of the Transportation Plan, we are developing a Road Safety Strategy that will serve as our roadmap to creating a transportation system designed with safety in mind. The Road Safety Strategy will be guided by the principles of Vision Zero and the Safe Systems Approach.
Vision Zero is a philosophy that aims to eliminate road fatalities and serious injuries while ensuring safe, healthy, and equitable mobility for all road users. The Safe Systems Approach is a comprehensive process that addresses all aspects of road safety, including human errors, to prevent predictable and preventable traffic injuries and fatalities. The Safe Systems Approach considers all aspects of road safety, from Road Users, Vehicles, Speeds, Roads and Roadsides, Land Use and Mobility Planning, and Post-Crash Care, to build a safer Coquitlam.
The objectives of the Road Safety Strategy are to:
- Articulate a vision for road safety for Coquitlam
- Identify safety improvements for the City’s transportation network
- Create a plan for implementing both short and long-term actions
Over the coming months, the Coquitlam Road Safety Strategy will be developed based on analysis of crash data from ICBC and Police Reports, input from public and stakeholder engagement, and review of industry best practices and evidence-based research. The Strategy will provide a series of proven actions that align with the Vision, Targets, and Themes of the Transportation Plan, with a focus on reducing fatal and life altering injury crashes to zero within Coquitlam.
