Jonathan Cote – the chair of the Mayors' Council on Transportation - wants us to “geek out” on data.
That’s at least how Cote, who is also the mayor of New Westminster joked in a tweet yesterday after he crunched TransLink data that showed driving is down in Metro Vancouver.
“Driving is down in almost every city in Metro Vancouver,” Cote tweeted. “Below is the ranking of cities that saw the biggest decrease in driving mode share between 2011 and 2017: 1. West Vancouver -15.4% 2. New Westminster -7.9% 3. Coquitlam -7.5%.”
In Burnaby, driving has dropped 3% and ranks 10th on the list.
The data comes from TransLink’s 2017 Trip Diary, a household survey conducted by the transit agency that used online and smartphone questionnaires to quiz about 2.5% of the households in the region on their travelling habits.
You can read more about the Trip Diary – and geek out – here.
