Fact Sheets The Greater Vancouver region has one of the worst air qualities in Canada. Based on current trends, our population will grow by 40,000 people and 23,000 cars a year. By 2005 we'll be making 500,000 to 600,000 more trips every day.
Transportation is the number one issue for residents.
This is expected to rise to 2.2 million by 2005. This is expected to rise to 1.1 million by 2005.The concentration of jobs in downtown and regional town centers fell from 44 per cent in 1981 to 37 per cent in 1996. Based on present trends, an additional 500,000 to 600,000 trips per day will be added by 2005. Congestion has caused transit speeds to slow by seven per cent during the past decade. In the rush hour, one 40-foot bus can take the place of 21 cars, which can occupy as much as 1,700 feet of a moving traffic lane.