Statistics Canada recently released information on the primary mode of transportation that people use to get to work.
Over the last decade, there has been serious investments made into public transit in Metro Vancouver, and within the South of Fraser. These investments are paying off.
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| Commute to work by public transit in Metro Vancouver and the South of Fraser. Select chart to enlarge. Source: 2006 Community Profiles, 2016 Census Profile. |
More people are choosing transit as their primary mode of getting to work. In Metro Vancouver, transit mode share has grown by 23% in the last decade. Transit mode share has grown 35% in the South of Fraser, faster than the regional growth rate.
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| Commute to work by public transit in South of Fraser communities. Select chart to enlarge. Source: 2006 Community Profiles, 2016 Census Profile. |
Within the South of Fraser, the Township of Langley has seen the largest growth in transit mode share of any municipality, up 40%. Interestingly, White Rock saw a 13% decline in transit mode share.
TransLink’s numbers show that transit ridership is growing faster than population growth in our region. This is corroborated by Statistics Canada census data.
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Good to see things going in the right direction. I wonder if the decline in White Rock is due to the loss of the direct to downtown express buses with the start of the Canada Line. Obviously the Canada line helped boost the numbers in Delta, Richmond and Vancouver....but maybe over the longer distance the express buses worked better for people in WhiteRock?
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