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- The actions of individual Canadians account for about 28% of our total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions — that's almost 6 tonnes per person per year. (Source: Environment Canada)
- Urban air quality is a public health issue. Canada may face additional health care costs of $11 billion to $38 billion between 1997 and 2020 due to transportation-related emissions. (Source: Transport Canada)
- Studies have shown that of multi-family households across the city, about 11% are car-free.
- Higher density areas have fewer cars: In the Collingwood Village about 22% of households are car free. In the West End and Yaletown nearly 40% of households are car-free (source: City of Vancouver Parking Management Branch).
- The transit service area in the GVRD covers 1800 square kilometers.
- In 2005, BCAA estimated that annual vehicle ownership and operating costs are about $10,900 for a typical sedan and $11,800 for a typical mini-van driven 24,000 km per year. Compare that to about $3,100 for two 3-zone transit passes for a year. (sources: BCAA, 2005 and TransLink, 2007)
- The cost of an underground parking stall (including land and construction costs) in Vancouver ranges from $30,000 to $50,000 or even higher.
- In the GVRD, the average household budget spent on transportation is about $9,400. This is about 13% of the average annual expenditure for a household with a $72,800 income (source: Statistics Canada, 2004).
- From 2000 to 2005 transportation costs rose nearly 15% and home fuel oil bills increased more than 50%.
- From July 2000 to July 2005 the price of gasoline climbed 27%
- The transportation sector accounts for 41% of the province's greenhouse gas total.
- Since 1990, Vancouver has built 16 bikeways that connect as a network
- The City has 40 km of off-street bike routes and 393 km of on-street routes. There are 258 cyclist priority buttons.
- City Greenways form a network of 14 routes that stretch almost 147 kilometres.
- Vancouver has more than 12 Neighbourhood Greenways in communities.
- There are over 500 speed humps on the city’s roads.
- There are approximately 10,315 blocks in Vancouver - 9,059 of these have sidewalks.
- Vancouver has 1200 park benches.
- Around 36,000 vehicles were registered and insured in Greater Vancouver in 2006.
- Growth in Vancouver's car population in 2006 was 1.6 per cent as compared to the GVRD average increase of 2.7 per cent.
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- In all, there are now 1.38 million vehicles in the region.
- Vancouver has the lowest number of vehicles per capita in the region.
- Vancouver has 55 cars per 100 people, followed by the other two cities with the best rapid transit services -- New Westminster at 58 cars per 100 people and Burnaby at 64.
- The 2006 Canadian Vehicles Survey showed that the average Canadian passenger vehicle was driven 16, 000 km per year. BC vehicles were driven an average of 14,100 km. per year.
- Cycling and walking are the 2 fastest growing modes of transportation in the City.
- Blueways offers recreational boaters a free permit for anchoring in False Creek.
- Cows graze on the Avalon Neighbourhood Greenway.
- Cell phones increase the risk of accidents by up to 4 times.
- Citizens are allowed to load and unload in a No Parking zone for up to 5 minutes.
- With a disabled placard citizens are allowed to park in resident zones for up to three hours or in loading zones for up to 30 minutes.
- Studies have shown that a pedestrian struck by a vehicle traveling at 60km/h is 70 per cent more likely to die from their injuries than a pedestrian struck at 50km/h.
- The City has approximately 1650 bus stops, 900 of these are sheltered and 180 have benches.
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