cuta 2008: christina de marco presentation

a livable and sustainable region

Transit-Oriented Development and

Smart Growth

Christina DeMarco, Division Manager, Policy and Planning, Christina DeMarco, Division Manager, Policy and Planning, Metro VancouverMetro Vancouver

CUTA: Youth Summit on Sustainable Urban Transportation, August 23, 2008CUTA: Youth Summit on Sustainable Urban Transportation, August 23, 2008

Planning a Transit-Friendly Metropolitan Region:

Metro Vancouver

a livable and sustainable region Outline

• Preparing a regional growth management plan

• Challenges- how we get around today, existing land use patterns

• Land use solutions

• Supply Side and Demand Side Strategies

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Metro Vancouver

a livable and sustainable regionLong term region-wide plan

• Covers the whole region

• Looks out to 2030 and beyond

• Provides a framework for local planning

• Region right scale to analyze and apply solutions to transportation, employment, housing, air quality, biodiversity issues

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Metro Vancouver Population: 1961 to Metro Vancouver Population: 1961 to 20312031

Source: GVRD Estimate 2005

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500,000

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1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021 2031

The The Growth Challenge Challenge

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Annual Vehicle Distance Travelled in US in billions of miles : 1983 to 2008

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Licensed Vehicles, Metro Vancouver, 1998-2008

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200,000

400,000

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800,000

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1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

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Source: ICBC

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Source: TransLink, 2004 Trip Diary Survey, all trips over a 24 hour period

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Source: Statistics Canada, 1996, 2006 Census

16.5%14.3% 7.1%6.6%

67.3%70.6%

6.3%5.8%

1.7%1.7%

1.1%1.0%

Vehicle driverVehicle driver

Passenger in vehicle

Passenger in vehicle Public TransitPublic Transit

WalkWalk

CycleCycle

OtherOther

1996 2006

Journey to Work by Mode Split, Metro Vancouver, 1996 - 2006

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a livable and sustainable region Greenhouse GasesGreenhouse Gases

2005 GHG 2005 GHG Emissions Emissions

Inventory for Inventory for Metro Metro

Vancouver & Vancouver & FVRDFVRD

Source: Metro Vancouver. 2007 Lower Fraser Valley includes Metro Vancouver and FVRD

Cars and Light Trucks

32%

Space Heating

28%

Heavy Trucks

6%

Air, Marine & Non-Road Equipment

11%Agricultural

2%

Cement Plants11%

Industrial Processes

4%

Total Emissions = 18.9 million tonnes

Source. M Meyer, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Source: Neptis Foundation, Toronto

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Transit- Supportive Land Use Patterns

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Job location Matters: Transit, walk, and cycling trips

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2,000

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Office ParkMetrotownCBD

Transit Walking Cycling

a livable and sustainable regionTransit-Supportive Land Use

Patterns

Not This: Offices ParksNot This: Offices Parks

This: Town This: Town CentresCentres

a livable and sustainable regionGreen Locations and Green

Buildings

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a livable and sustainable regionTransit Use and Urban Density

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Europe

US-Canada-Australia

AsiaMetro

Persons/hectare

a livable and sustainable regionMetro Vancouver 1981

a livable and sustainable regionMetro Vancouver 2006

a livable and sustainable regionMetro Vancouver 2031

a livable and sustainable regionMetro Vancouver 2031

a livable and sustainable region

Source. M Meyer, Georgia Institute of Technology

a livable and sustainable region Transit Supply

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a livable and sustainable region

Source. M Meyer, Georgia Institute of Technology

a livable and sustainable regionParking supply and pricing

a livable and sustainable region Road pricing

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a livable and sustainable region

a livable and sustainable region

a livable and sustainable region

a livable and sustainable region

Urban and Non-Urban AreasUrban and Non-Urban Areas

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Green ZoneGreen Zone

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Municipal CentresMunicipal Centres

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1. Arrange land use to reduce transportation demand (compact region, centres, transit corridors)

2. Manage supply to support land use and demand management measures with priority on walking, cycling and transit

3. Manage demand through pricing 4. Make best use of existing infrastructure5. Make cost-effective transportation decisions6. Pay attention to place-making 7. Pay attention to promoting healthy lifestyles

7 ways to Promote a Transit- Friendly Region

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