Transport 2040 Discussion Guide

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In 2040, the Lower Mainland couldhave 1.3 million more people, 600,000more cars and three times as much

reight container trac as today. Wewill be older and our inrastructure will

be, too. I climate change continuesat the current rate, weather could be

warmer and wetter, and we can expect

more violent storms and foods.HOW CAN WE ENSURE THISIS STILL THE BEST PLACE TO

LIVE IN 2040?



STRATEGY DISCUSSION GUIDE

OCTOBER 2007



NOW IS THE TIMETRANSPORT 2040

We are already experiencingthe eects o global warming –unpredictable weather, insects

destroying pine orests andsalmon stocks under threat.

HAS THERE EVER BEEN ABETTER TIME TO ACT?

THE dEcISIONS WEMAkE TOdAy SETTHE cOuRSE fORTHE fuTuRE

We have the opportunity to ensurethat our region continues to grow andthrive in a productive, supportive andsustainable manner…i we make theright decisions today.

TransLink is preparing a 30-yeartransportation strategy or the regiontitled Now is the Time Transport 2040.This strategy will enable us to seizeopportunities and meet the challenges weace, today and tomorrow.

These challenges and opportunities aresignicant and pressing. They includedoing our part to reduce the province’sgreenhouse gas emissions by 33 percent – a signicant challenge given thecontinued growth that is orecast or theLower Mainland.

We invite you to help develop our newtransportation strategy. Your leadershipis vital to the realization o our dreams.Now is the time or you to be engaged,be energized and be part o the region’suture success.

TRANSLINk, AN

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AuTHORITy

TransLink is the rst transpoauthority in North America

responsibility or both roadsand transit. Other areas oresponsibility include transpdemand management, intetransportation systems, techregional cycling planning anAirCare vehicle emissions teThis uniquely integrated mowhich enables TransLink to network as a strategic whodrawn acclaim rom transpoexperts around the world.

TransLink serves the Lower which includes the nation’s largest urban centre, homeo British Columbia’s workoCanada’s gateway to Asia Peconomies.

Climate chane, a population that is bothrowin an ain, hih housin costs antransportation are just some o the challenes

we ace in the Lower Mainlan o BritishColumbia. All o these issues aect our qualito lie toa an in the uture.

TOGETHER CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

B.C. GOVERNMENT

30-YEAR

TRANSPORTATION VISION

METRO VANCOUVER

REGIONAL GROWTH

STRATEGY

TRANSLINK

30-YEAR STRATEGY

10-YEAR

TRANSPORTATION PLANS

ONE-YEAR

TRANSPORTATION

IMPLEMENTATION PLANS



WITH THE RIGHTSTRATEGy TOdAy WEcAN PROTEcT WHATWE HAVE ANd BuILdA BETTER fuTuRE

Improvements in transportation aren’tcreated only by new inrastructure. Newservices, policy decisions and outsideinfuences also aect how people andgoods move around the Lower Mainland.

The Vancity U-Pass program, launchedin 2003, has dramatically reducedvehicle trac to the University o BritishColumbia and Simon Fraser Universitywhile initiating a new generation intothe culture o transit use. Thanks toexpanded cycling programs, more peoplethan ever are riding bikes. Financing andmanagement o the Major Road Network

improves saety and makes goodsmovement and transit more ecient.

TransLink is also a leader in innovation.With the establishment o the GreaterVancouver Transportation Authority PoliceService in 2005, TransLink became therst transit authority in Canada with itsown police service, helping to make theentire transit system saer. We’re alsoreducing greenhouse gas emissions byrenewing the zero-emissions electrictrolley feet, using ultra-low sulur dieseland bio-diesel, and buying hybrid buses.

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Just as our transportation sstem has beenshape b past ecisions, the choices we maetoa will etermine how well the sstemmeets uture nees.

THE MAkING OfA GREAT PLAcE

We have much to be proud o, yetstill there is not enough transit

and getting around on the roadscan be slow and unreliable.

WHAT WILL WE LEAVE BEHINdOR THE NExT gENERATION?

WE STILL LOVE OUR CARS

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WE ARE WORKING ALL OVER THE REGION

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By 2031, the median age of BritishCoumbians will be 46

By 2031, one-quarter ofour population will be

over the age of 65

WE ARE TRAVELLING ALL OVER THE REGION

Now travel is from everywhere to everywhere

Historically, travel was to and from Vancouver

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To reduce the impact o cli mate change, we must reduce ourgreenhouse gas emissions by creating a transportation systemthat is less reliant on ossil uels. This might mean sharing cars,taking transit, walking or cycling, building denser communities,working rom home more oten or developing brand newsolutions. Many o these choices have additional benets – wecan get to know each other better, experience the health and

social benets o closer-knit communities, and exercise our talent,skill and creativity to create solutions that will lead the world.

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A growing population is a sign o success and the basis or avibrant region with a strong economy. Our challenge in the next30 years is to provide mobility or another 1.3 million people sowe can live, work and play in a way that makes us eel proud othis place. One in our residents will be over the age o 65 in 2040;the last o the baby boomers will turn 75 that year. We have theopportunity to build a transportation network that enables people,goods and services to move easily while also protecting society’smost vulnerable and maintaining strong communities.

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WE ARE GETTING BIGGER

To sustain the region we love, we must nd ways tokeep our economy moving while strengthening our

communities and protecting the environment.

WHAT WILL OUR CHOICES SAy ABOUT US?

OUR PORT IS EXPAN

There are plans to triple freight coin Vancouver area ports b

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The number o jobs in Metro Vancouver will have risen by600,000 by 2040. This will aect our transportation system inseveral ways. I current trends continue employment locationswill become more dispersed, and dicult to serve in ways thatare cost eective and attractive.

A robust economy also means that TransLink is experiencingdiculty attracting and retaining enough sta to operate andmaintain transit operations. This could have an impact on ourability to expand transit services. Meanwhile, the success o the

Asia Pacic gateway is making transportation a major employin the region.

The Lower Mainland’s natural beauty, mild climate and stacivil society provide a huge competitive advantage in attraand retaining skilled workers and desirable industries. We maintain a healthy economy through co-operation amongbusiness, labour, educators and government, and by buildthe transportation network necessary or our prosperity.



WE LOVE WHATWE HAVE ANd WEHAVE TO WORk TO kEEP IT

Opinions polls, web-based surveys and

ocus groups in recent years revealthat people eel the most importantcontributions to our quality o lie are:

The environment/natural setting

Weather/mild climate

Employment opportunities

Public transportation

Good recreation areasand sports acilities

The top issues people would like to see

addressed to urther improve our qualityo lie are:

Poverty/homelessness

Transportation/trac congestion

Aordable housing

Reducing crime

Improving public transit/ lowering transit ares

WE’RE cHANG

THE cLIMATE

Climate change has emergeone o the most signicant acing this region and the wIn February 2007, the InternPanel on Climate Change (IPreported that certain humaactivities were altering the cand warned that severe eeinevitable unless greenhousemissions are curbed. The eor climate change caused buel combustion is describe“unequivocal” by the IPCC,o 2,500 climate experts cothe United Nations.

The British Columbia governset a target to reduce greengas emissions by 33 per centoday’s levels by 2020. We apart o the solution.

When people in the Lower Mainlan are aseabout what the value most, the tal aboutprotectin our natural settin, creatin jobs ancarin or the well-bein o all our citizens.

PROTEcTING THETHINGS WE VALuE

Our region attracts peoplerom around the world, yet thegrowth that uels our prosperity

places new demands on the

environment and our communities.HOW WILL WE PROTECT

WHAT WE LOVE THE MOST?

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MAJOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE CURRENT AGE (2007) AGE BY 2040

New Westminster Rail Bridge 103 years 136 years

Pattullo Bridge 70 years 103 years

Massey Tunnel 48 years 81 years

Ironworkers Memorial Bridge 47 years 80 years

Knight Street Bridge 33 years 66 years

SkyTrain Expo Line 22 years 55 years

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The quality o our transportation inrastructure is key to meeting the challengesahead. By 2040, many o the region’s water crossings and road and railinrastructure will have surpassed their design lie expectancy and will need to bereplaced or undergo signicant maintenance or rehabilitation.



IN 2040 ANd fORGENERATIONS TOcOME WE AREkNOWN AS A PLAcE

THAT GOT IT RIGHT

PROPOSEd

STRATEGIES

Use our assets to their potential and keep thema state o good repair.

Strategically expand the

o transportation to proreal alternatives to singloccupancy vehicle trave

Minimize environmentaimpact o transportatio

Build and operate a saesecure and accessibletransportation system.

Secure unding that is spredictable, and that inftransportation choices.

Implement and managetransit investment in waencourage developmencommunities that are deor transit, cycling and w

Work collaboratively wittransportation and planagencies and stakehold

in the Lower Mainland.

It is Januar 1, 2040. The jewel on the Pacifchas retaine its position as the best place inthe worl to live because o choices mae 30ears earlier – choices that protecte the naturalenvironment, supporte a vibrant econom anostere an inclusive societ.

2040 A VIEW OfTHE fuTuRE

Most people walk, bike and taketransit. Communities are concentrated

near high quality transit, reducing

pressure on industrial lands andgreen spaces. Ecient road

networks speed goods, people andservices in low-emission vehicles.

THERE’S NO TIME LIkETHE UTURE.

The Lower Mainland’s rapid transitlines were diligently maintained,reurbished and extended. Mostpeople use public transit, walk or cycleor the majority o their trips. On thedesignated corridors o the FrequentTransit Network (FTN), buses or trainsarrive requently throughout the day,everyday, and people don’t need to relyon a schedule. The FTN is a short walkaway and serves all the key employment,education, commercial and recreationaldestinations or residents and visitorsalike. With guaranteed service, the FTNhas stimulated high density growth anddevelopment along each corridor.

Walking and cycling are comortableand sae. Senior citizens and peoplewith mobility challenges maintain theirindependence by living in completecommunities.

The Pacic Gateway seaports andairports are thriving. The supply chainis reliable due to increased use o roadsduring o peak hours, cheap night tolls

on major bridges, strategic investmentsin road and rail, superb critical incidentmanagement, and road priority ortrucks and transit.

The air is clean because public transit andprivate vehicles use low or zero-emissionstechnology and major inrastructureprojects are constructed with ull lie-cycle carbon costs in mind. By ocusingdevelopment in existing built-up areas,industrial and natural lands are protected.

The investments we made wereexpensive. For example, a new rapidtransit line cost more than $2 billion.New revenue sources were needed.Transportation is nanced in part byuser ees set in proportion to usageand impacts. All l evels o governmentallocate tax revenue to transportation ina stable and appropriate manner. Otherrevenues are derived rom real estate,advertising and commercial partnerships.

Getting it right meant grappling withhard choices. But we got it right.

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What are the most impoissues acing the regiontransportation system inthe next 30 years?

What strategies should consider to address the

What strategies should considered by other ageare involved in or that imregional transportation

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