11-30-2017, 12:17 PM
Based on the latest census data, 80% of commuters in the region are still driving, same as 20 years ago:
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/797...-the-road/
(It's a Jeff Outhit article, but reasonably balanced, I think.)
Transit's share has been stuck, but the LRT may trigger a bump in usage. The intensification of the downtown cores is also bringing more people and more jobs downtown so we should see an increase in transit usage and walking in the coming years (whereas 2016 was impacted by all the LRT construction).
The number of people walking and bicycling to work is disappointingly small and even doubling those numbers would not have a big impact. And is it even realistic to expect to double them? Intensification, through people both living and working downtown, will inherently increase the number of people walking to work. But how to make a big impact on the number of people bicycling to work?
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/797...-the-road/
(It's a Jeff Outhit article, but reasonably balanced, I think.)
Transit's share has been stuck, but the LRT may trigger a bump in usage. The intensification of the downtown cores is also bringing more people and more jobs downtown so we should see an increase in transit usage and walking in the coming years (whereas 2016 was impacted by all the LRT construction).
The number of people walking and bicycling to work is disappointingly small and even doubling those numbers would not have a big impact. And is it even realistic to expect to double them? Intensification, through people both living and working downtown, will inherently increase the number of people walking to work. But how to make a big impact on the number of people bicycling to work?