Host city Olympic transportation plan: survey data analysis and discussion

The City of Vancouver, in partnership with TransLink, VANOC, and Transport Canada, appointed the Civil Engineering Department of the University of British Columbia (UBC) to conduct the monitoring of transportation through the Vancouver Downtown peninsula during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The data comprised of 3 samples of 24hr and partial-day screenline counts of all travel entering or leaving the downtown area by all modes. Additionally, intercept surveys captured the travel behaviour and choices of spectators and participants of Downtown Olympic-related events. In summary, the results of the monitoring study suggest the provision and uptake of transportation during the 2010 Winter Games was successful and a new "Olympic record" of a 24-hour 61 per cent sustainable mode share into/out of the Downtown core was observed. The Host City Downtown Monitoring Study documents the observed sustainable transportation behaviour during the 2010 Olympic Winter Games as a lasting legacy. The study is also an objective documentation that local residents and visitors can adjust to travel in a much more sustainable manner than normal.

• Record URL:
  http://vancouver.ca/2010Games/pdf/HostCit%20DowntownMonitoring%20Study-REPORT%203-%20AnalysisDiscussion.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  City of Vancouver

  320 - 507 West Broadway
  Vancouver, British Columbia  Canada  V5Z 0B4
• Authors:
  • Lin, C
  • Sayed, T
• Publication Date: 2010-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 59p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mode choice; Special events; Sustainable transportation; Transportation planning; Travel behavior
• Geographic Terms: Vancouver, Canada
• ATRI Terms: Modal choice; Special event; Sustainable transport; Transport planning; Travel behaviour
• Subject Areas: Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01383398
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 2:08PM