There are concurrent reductions in zoned capacity outside of the village boundaries. Reduced parking requirements in the neighbourhood centres with a shift of capital expenditures to transit and pedestrian improvements. Increased transit emphasis on neighbourhood circulation serving the neighbourhood commercial centres. Small coaches and vans circulate in the neighbourhoods bringing people to and from the neighbourhood centre known as LINC - Local Initiative Neighbourhood Circulation. Express buses link the neighbourhood centres to each other, to the CBD and to the regional system.
Transfers take place under cover in transit centres close to shopping.
Changes in capital expenditure patterns to emphasise the need for services, amenities and breathing room in each village centre. Expenditures on libraries, schools, open space, community gardens, recreational facilities and the like are directed to the urban villages. In addition to providing amenities close to people's homes, it also increases the public share of infrastructure costs to reduce the risks of infill developers. A third benefit is that it will increase pedestrian activity and, hopefully, sales per square foot for neighbourhood merchants. Area-wide environmental assessments rather than project specific environmental assessments within the urban village boundaries in order to increase certainty of the neighbourhoods and for the development community.