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Presentation to EMME 2 Users Conference

Vancouver, October 2000. TransLink: Greater Vancouver’s New Transportation Authority. Clive Rock, Manager, Strategic Planning. Presentation to EMME 2 Users Conference. Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority. Overview of Presentation. Regional Context Issues and Opportunities

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Presentation to EMME 2 Users Conference

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  1. Vancouver,October 2000 TransLink: Greater Vancouver’s New Transportation Authority Clive Rock, Manager, Strategic Planning Presentation to EMME 2 Users Conference Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority

  2. Overview of Presentation Regional Context Issues and Opportunities Strategic Transportation Plan Conclusion

  3. Greater Vancouver Regional District Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority • Transit • Major Roads • Demand Management • Emission Testing • Cycling TRANS LINK GVRD • Air Quality • Strategic Planning • Water & Sewer • Solid waste • Parks

  4. Transit Use and Urban Density 70.0 60.0 50.0 Europe Asia 40.0 % Transit Use GVRD 30.0 20.0 10.0 US-Canada-Australia 0.0 0.0 20.0 40.0 60.0 80.0 100.0 120.0 Urban Density (persons/hectare)

  5. ‘Jurassic Parking’

  6. July 21, 1999 Staff Report to Toronto Transit Commission • ‘..Most of the growth is occurring in low-density suburban areas, which are auto-oriented, so transit's market share has fallen from 17% in 1986 to 14% in 1996.’ • ‘Even with a doubling or tripling of funding for transit in these areas, transit will never carry more than 15% of all trips unless there are fundamental changes to the way the GTA is developed.’

  7. Urban Density & Gasoline Use U.S. CITIES GASOLINE CONSUMPTION ( GJ / per capita ) AUSTRALIAN / CANADIAN CITIES EUROPEAN CITIES ASIAN CITIES URBAN DENSITY ( Hectares ) Source: P. Newman & J. Kenworthy, 1991

  8. COAST MOUNTAINS CASCADE MOUNTAINS Whatcom County (NWAPA) Greater Vancouver Regional District STRAIT OF GEORGIA CANADA U.S.A. GVRD Air Shed • Shared with Washington State • Traps Emissions in Fraser Valley

  9. Ghg Forecasts For Vancouver

  10. Reductions Needed to meet Kyoto • 16% Montreal • 22% Toronto • 35% Greater Vancouver We can’t get to Kyoto on our own!!

  11. Issues Rapid growth - up to 40,000 per year Car ownership - highest in Canada Congestion - travel times up 30% in 10 yrs 1996 to 1999 - traffic up 8% - pop’n up 4% GHG’s - transport a high component Unmet demand for transit

  12. Livable Region Strategic Plan • Protect the Green Zone • farms, forest, natural spaces • Build Complete Communities • balance jobs and labour force • Achieve a Compact Metropolitan Area • concentrate growth in inner part of region • Increase Transportation Choice • More options for travel - e.g. transit, carpool

  13. 70% of Growth

  14. Dealing with Transportation • 1. Manage Land Use (Town centres, densify) • 2. Manage Transportation Demand • 3. Supply Transportation Capacity(more roads, transit)

  15. Clip 7 • Run video clips from beginning to the $75 Question

  16. Funding • Most sources are transportation-based, e.g: • Fares • Gas Tax • Parking taxes • Proposed Vehicle levy • Send ‘signals’ to transportation marketplace

  17. 2000 2005 Regional Gas Tax • Revenue Yield: • $20 million/1cent • $160m in 1999

  18. Parking Fees/Tax • Increase from 7% to 28%

  19. The $ 75 Question

  20. Public Mood • Sense of driving on borrowed time • Want alternatives to car • Understand environment issues - but not motivated to make change • Some grudging acceptance ‘user pay’ • Expects something to be done • Want a balanced approach - more choice

  21. Key Principles • Plan roads, transit, transportation demand management and emissions programs together • Operate within an urban policy framework for growth management, air quality and finance • Get ‘Transportation to pay for transportation’ • Intergovernmental relationships are critical

  22. Challenges • Many issues cannot be dealt with ‘head on’ • All related to ‘better cities’ • Challenges: • Urban form (density, location, etc) • The car as a cultural icon • Need for choices (Transit expansion, etc) • Transportation system ‘on welfare’(Roads and Transit) • Difficulty of achieving quick results • Public willingness to pay (e.g. gas tax ‘revolt’) • No Federal role in urban transportation

  23. “The picture’s pretty bleak… The world’s climates are changing, the mammals are taking over, and we all have a brain about the size of a walnut”

  24. Questions • If not this way, then what? • If not us, then who? • If not now, then when?

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