Reply To: CCEM 106 – Question 1

[Carly Johansson]

Land-use planning approaches are probably the most likely of the four suggest toolkits to be readily accepted in Yukon. At this time we don’t have the density to support reduced parking opportunities and road pricing schemes and increasing parking fees would likely be contested. Building reduced vehicle kilometers into land use planning would set the stage for benefits to accrue as our communities grow. For example, Whitehorse is currently improving its active transportation system with strong support from parts of the community, while attempts to raise parking fees in the limited areas where the City actually enforces parking have been met with significant opposition.