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I will be taking some time off and will be back blogging on Monday, August 25th.

The History of Langley City: Part 1

Have you ever wondered why Langley City feels like a crossroads? Or why many of the roads don’t run perfectly north/south or east/west? Or why Portage Park is called Portage Park and Glover Road is where it is? Or even how Langley City came to be?,/p.

Langley City, formerly known as Langley Prairie, has a rich history of connection. The prairie was always a crossroads for travellers. From First Nations Portages, to gold smugglers, old railways, and the Micahuds. Langley City is a story of connection and the quest for independence with the famous saying, “not a nickel for street lights!”

TRAILER - The History of Langley City: Part 1

Why does Michaud Crescent exist? Who is Innes, and why do we care about his corners? What’s with our road system? Where did people party at the turn of the 20th Century? And how did a random trip down the road lead to the eventual creation of Langley City?

Find out in “The History of Langley City: Part 1”. Coming Soon!

Walking and Transit Trips Up in Langley City. Exploring How People Get Around in Metro Vancouver.

When people examine how folks move around in our region, they typically refer to data from Statistics Canada. Unfortunately, this data only examines how people travel to their place of work. This is why, approximately every half-decade, TransLink commissions trip diaries, which provide a sample of all trip types people take throughout Metro Vancouver.

Metro Vancouver Regional District staff have recently created maps to look at the changes between TransLink’s 2017 and 2023 trip diaries for walking and transit trips.

With the exception of West Vancouver, walking trips are up throughout the region. Port Moody, Pitt Meadows, and Langley City have all seen a doubling of walking trips between 2017 and 2023. In Langley City, approximately 14% of all trips originating in Langley City were made on foot in 2023. For trips that stayed within Langley City, about 32% were walking trips.

Change in the number of walking trips between 2017 and 2023 across the region. Select the map to enlarge.

While overall transit ridership remained flat between 2017 and 2023, the following map shows that there has generally been a decline in transit trips in the western part of our region, whereas in the eastern part of our region, transit trips are significantly up. In fact, Langley City saw the largest growth in transit trips within the region between 2017 and 2023. In 2023, approximately 3% of all trips originating in Langley City were made by transit.

Change in the number of trips made on transit between 2017 and 2023. Select the map to enlarge.

In Metro Vancouver, the number of overall trips made by bike increased, while trips by automobile decreased between 2017 and 2023. For more information, please visit TransLink’s 2023 Trip Diary dashboard.