A new 30-year transportation plan, focusing heavily on transit projects and active transportation linkages, was approved recently for the Vancouver, British Columbia region.

TransLink, the regional planning authority responsible for the transportation network of the Vancouver region in British Columbia (and the American Public Transportation Association's "best public transit system in North America" in 2019), has a new long-term plan.
The Transport 2050 plan was approved in January after winning the support of the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation and the TransLink Board of Directors. The plan will guide transportation decisions in the famously multi-modal region for three decades.
According to a press release published by TransLink on January 27, Transport 2050 proposes 100 actions or strategies "to make transportation options more convenient, reliable, affordable, safe, comfortable, and environmentally sustainable."
Highlights of those 100 actions include
- Quadrupling the rapid transit network with over 300 kilometres of new rapid transit (potentially including bus rapid transit, light rail, subway, or SkyTrain.)
- Completing a connected 850-kilometre traffic-separated Major Bikeway Network to provide communities with greener and healthier transportation options.
- Promoting the use of electric and shared vehicles such as bikes, scooters, and cars.
An article by Claire Fenton and Mike Lloyd for City News shares news of the regional transportation plan, focusing on issues of transit affordability among the broad goals of the plan. Another article, by Cole Schisler for the Abbotsford News, also notes that plan proposes a "people first" approach to street design.
FULL STORY: Transport 2050 sets bright new vision for regional transportation

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