Vancouver City Council |
MOTION ON NOTICE
Submitted by Mayor Campbell for consideration at the Regular Council meeting on September 9, 2003.
4. Action to improve public transit in Vancouver
MOVER: Mayor Campbell
SECONDER: Councillor Louie
WHEREAS Vancouver commuters, transit users and businesses continue to suffer from traffic gridlock and inadequate transit services despite recent investments by Translink; and
WHEREAS Vancouver, unlike other communities within the Translink service area, has not benefited from the development of an area transit plan that involves the public and transportation experts in identifying transportation problems and solutions within city boundaries; and
WHEREAS the early completion of such a plan would assist the City of Vancouver in identifying both short-term and longer-term measures to increase public transit service and improve traffic flow; and
WHEREAS increased use of public transit and decreased reliance on the car is important to support the city's objectives to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Vancouver call on Translink to undertake its area transit plan process for the city this fall.
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