City of Vancouver: Transportation 2040

The City of Vancouver recently completed Transportation 2040, an update to its citywide transportation plan. The plan establishes a high-level vision that looks out to 2040 and sets more detailed policy and priorities for the next 10 to 15 years. Transportation 2040 was adopted by Vancouver City Council on October 31, 2012, and staff were immediately directed to begin work on its implementation. Transportation 2040 builds upon the success of the previous plan (1997), which committed the City to not expanding road space despite a growing population and workforce. Since then, the total number of car trips into the city and downtown has decreased, despite growth in total person trips. Walking, cycling, and transit have been the fastest growing modes. The key long-term goals of Transportation 2040 are to: increase the mode share of travel by walking, cycling and transit to at least two-thirds of all trips from approximately 44% today; and work toward zero traffic-related fatalities. The plan strongly recognizes Vancouver's role as an international port and the dual transportation functions of moving people and goods. It affirms the City will prioritize walking, cycling, and transit, and emphasizes different scales of goods movement, from long-distance global goods movement to local deliveries and couriers. More than in previous plans, Transportation 2040 highlights the importance of public space for people to gather, interact, sojourn, and enjoy. This project was nominated for the TAC 2013 Sustainable Urban Transportation Award. For the covering abstract of this conference see ITRD record number 201310RT334E.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.tac-atc.ca/english/annualconference/tac2013/session4/vancouver.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)

  401-1111 Prince of Wales Drive
  Ottawa, Ontario  Canada 
• Conference:
  • 2013 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION OF THE TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION OF CANADA - TRANSPORTATION: BETTER - FASTER - SAFER
• Publication Date: 2013

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 9 p.
• Monograph Title: 2013 Conference and Exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada - Transportation: Better - Faster - Safer

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Freight transportation; Ports; Regional planning; Sustainable development; Time duration; Transportation modes; Urban areas; Urban design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Long term; Selection
• Geographic Terms: Canada
• ITRD Terms: 8018: Canada; 8525: Conference; 1112: Freight transport; 9110: Long term; 1098: Port; 359: Regional planning; 9072: Selection; 634: Shared space; 2427: Sustainability; 1145: Transport mode; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Design; Freight Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01517957
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Files: ITRD, TAC
• Created Date: Mar 11 2014 10:56AM