Sustainable Transportationin Small Communities

Transportation Demand Management (TDM) | April 19, 2011 | Parksville

Peter Ostergaard: postergaard@fraserbasin.bc.caAngela Evans: aevans@fraserbasin.bc.ca

Outline

• About FBC

• What is TDM

• TDM Toolkit

• Three behavioral shifts of TDM

• Sparwood case study

Fraser Basin Council A Collaborative Structure

36 Board of Directors:Federal, Provincial, Local and First Nations, Private Sector, Civil Society

Other FBC Programs/Resources

• E3 Fleet• Electric Vehicle Purchasing • Retooling.ca and Climate Adaptation

FBC Climate Programs

TDM is about Changing Behaviour

By influencing individual behavior, and providing more expanded viable options

Why is this important?

www.tdm.bc.ca

• What can local governments do?

• What is alreadybeing done?

• What other actionsare possible?

TDM: 3 Major Shifts in Behavior

1. Time of Travel

2. Amount of Travel

3. Mode of Travel

1. Time of Travel

• Flex time inwork places

• Peak-hour‘controls’,ie tolls

2. Amount of Travel

• Telecommuting

• Compressed work weeks

• Trip-chaining

linking multiple errands

into one trip

• Distance: Density/land-use

3. Mode of Travel

• Bike Lanes and sidewalks

• High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes

• Transit/Bus Service• Van and car pool

promotion

• Wells (pop 246)• Qualicum Beach (pop 8,500)• Sparwood (pop 4,500)• Golden (pop 4,500)

Active Transportation

• Nelson Carshare (pop 10,000)

• Regional tools:• North Okanagan

(www.carpool.ca)• Kootenays

(www.kootenayrideshare,com)

Carshare/Carpool

Transit/Bus Service

• Regional Collaboration• Key drivers

• Health services• Post-secondary

education• Major employers

• North Okanagan• Sparwood

Transportation Planningin Sparwood

CASE STUDY

• Home to world’sbiggest truck

• Mining community

• Ships coal globally

Challenges

• Active Transportation Planning engaged residents

• Plan to encourage residents to leave their cars at home

• A speaker series, helped to educate and involve

Public Participation in Planning

Guided discussion Reporting the findings

Public Participation in Planning

Using Public Input in Plan

Incorporated suggestion in

plan including:• Interconnected, paved

• Improved transit service

• Highway 43 to active

modes to travel

• Secure bike storage areas

• Address Wildlife barrier

• More bicycle infrastructure

• Community initiatives for active

modes use

• Transportation programs

• Wider sidewalks

Plan Recommendations

#1: Extend and improve the current pathway network with paved, marked and illuminated facilities

• Challenges include: The railway, two rivers, & mountainous terrain

• Major residential areas separated from downtown

• Two new pedestrian bridges planned to link community

Plan Recommendations

#2: Re-stripe a number of collector and arterial roadways to accommodate exclusive bike lanes

• Bikeways and walkways linking the new SparwoodHeights bridge system a priority

#3: Provide public education concerning the benefits and safety considerations of active transportationSome examples include:

• Walk with the Mayor

• Name the Bridges contest

• ‘Steps Out’ Corporate Challenge

• Sparwood Steps Out

• Active Community speaker series

• Indoor walking group

Plan Recommendations

#4: Develop an annual maintenance program that rigorously addresses issues such as snow removal

Plan Recommendations

#5: Coordinate active transportation with other sustainable modes such as transit

• Accessible BC Transit Bus system • Improve access & frequency

Plan Recommendations

• Better design and location of bicycle racks,

• Benches• Lighting• Ramps along stairways for

bicycles• Rails on steep inclines to

encourage safe walking and bicycling

Other Suggested Amenities

Costs of the study

Expenses

Speakers and public education $ 5262.38

Food and refreshment services $ 2941.21

Facility rentals and promotion $ 1505.33

Planning Consultants $ 58142.60

TOTAL $ 67,851.52

Revenues

Built Environment Active Transportation fund

$ 22,000

District of Sparwood $ 45,851.52

TOTAL $ 67,851.52

Questions?

Jim Vanderwal

Fraser Basin Council

jvanderwal@fraserbasin.bc.ca

604-488-5357

www.smartplanningbc.ca

Peter Ostergaard

Smart Planning for Communities

Fraser Basin Council

postergaard@fraserbasin.bc.ca

250-888-3030