Increase Transportation Choice
Vancouver increasingly faces automobile induced problems around air pollution, congestion and rising costs to counteract these challenges. At the time of the LRSP in 1996, in Canada, Greater Vancouver had a relatively high number of car ownership, a low amount of transit per capita and low transit ridership. The Livable Region Strategic Plan plans to challenge these trends in 3 main goals
- Collaborate with federal, provincial, municipal and neighbouring groups to construct a transportation network that sustains the other 3 main goals of the LRSP
- Decrease travel distances by guiding growth and development and encourage the use of transit, bicycles and walking
- Discourage uses of transportation such as single occupant vehicles by highlight the positives of using transit and carpooling
These goals are discussed further in-depth in the Transport 2021 Medium and Long-Range Transportation Plans for Greater Vancouver. Transportation plans are organized and implemented with TransLink
Read more about this topic: Metro Vancouver, Livable Region Strategic Plan, Four Main Strategies
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