TransLink currently ana-
lyzes the Lower Mainland by
dividing it into about 1,700 "traf-
•c analysis zones" or TAZs. In
each zone, their model (based
on the 2011 trip diary) tells them
what proportion of people cur-
rently travel out of the zone
regularly for work and what
mode of commuting they use.
It tells them how many parents
are driving children to school
and whether apartment dwell-
ers or single-family-home own-
ers are more likely to commute
by walking. To a signižicant
extent, those behaviours carry
forward. If, for example, a little
cell in Metrotown is split 30 per
cent driving, 45 per cent transit,
20 per cent walking and •ve per
cent cycling, more people who
move into that little cell will
adopt the same pattern.
Using such data, planners
might encourage cities to put
denser housing into the little
TAZs where existing residents
already have e©cient commut-
ing patterns—or žind the cells
where the greatest number of
people are likely to shift away
from driving and toward transit
if service improves, and then
improve service accordingly.
The model also tells planners
44 BCBusiness JUNE 2016
LIVI N G CLOS E TO WO R K I S I M PO RTANT TO M E
strongly agree
somewhat agree
somewhat disagree
strongly disagree
not sure
B.C.
CIty oF
VanCouVer
rest oF
Metro
Fraser
Valley
northern
B.C.
southern B.C.
(InterIor)
VanCouVer
Island
38%
6%
2%
14%
40%
36%
3%
2%
42%
17%
54%
2%
10%
38%
12%
12%
40%
40%
40%
7%
4%
37%
13%
42%
12%
15%
34%
32%
9%
5%
38%
15%
iNsights wEst sUrvEy, March 4 to 10, 2016
what we hate
about our commutes
(top picks)
DRIVERS
44% tra„c
43% dealing with bad drivers
TRANSIT RIDERS
71% overcrowded vehicles
64% waiting for transit
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