Transportation in Vancouver
This event "signalled the emergence of a new concept of the urban landscape"[citation needed] and has been a consistent element of the city's planning ever since.
Until 2020, Vancouver was one of only a few major cities in North America without ridesharing company services, due to a provincial law banning their operation.
In addition to public transit, TransLink is also responsible for maintaining some roads and providing ferry service within the Lower Mainland.
With purchases of 188 E40LFRs and 74 E60LFRs from New Flyer Industries (in 2005–2009),[12] the trolley network serves the downtown core and much of the city of Vancouver proper with fully wheelchair-accessible and bicycle-friendly zero-emission buses.
Certain diesel commuter buses which travel to the suburbs as RapidBus have bicycle racks, wheelchair lifts, reading lights and high back reclining seats.
[13] The SkyTrain is an advanced rapid metro system operating fully automated trains on three lines.
[18] In 2022, funding for a 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) extension of the Expo Line southeast through Surrey into Langley was formally approved by the provincial and federal governments.
The Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway was running the phase-zero route, Granville Island-Main Street SkyTrain station, in the summer months, as a demonstration.
[21] Plans were being developed that would have extended the streetcar network into Yaletown making a ring around the downtown peninsula as phase two.
In neighbourhoods such as Point Grey, Kitsilano, Mount Pleasant and Grandview Woodlands the cycling mode share can be over 10 percent.
Neighbourhoods are encouraged to plant and care for the circles and boulevards and add public art along bike routes.
The Central Valley Greenway, a 25-kilometre (16 mi) green bicycle corridor, was officially opened on June 27, 2009.
On May 7, 2009, Vancouver City Council approved a bicycle lane trial on the Burrard Bridge which began on July 13.
[28][29] Two weeks into the trial, the City of Vancouver released a data report showing daily bicycle travel across the bridge had increased by an average of 30 percent.
The study concluded that there was a total loss of $2.4 million in sales for nearby businesses amounting to $480,000 in lost profits a year, which was categorized as "moderate economic impacts.
"[33] However, in 2017, the upgrades were welcomed by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association as a "competitive edge" for local employers.
[34] TransLink, the regional transportation authority, permits two bicycles aboard each SkyTrain car at all times except in the peak direction at morning and afternoon rush periods.
In September 2018, Uber announced plans to launch its dockless electric bicycle sharing system, Jump Bikes in Vancouver.
The Chinese community joined together with non-Chinese supporters to prevent the freeway from being implemented, and by 1971 Chinatown was declared a historical area.
Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome on Burrard Inlet and a heliport near Waterfront Station link downtown directly to Victoria, Nanaimo and YVR.
Rail service is operated from the following stations: Two BC Ferry terminals serve the Greater Vancouver area.
[44] A service connecting Vancouver to Nanaimo, named Hullo, is scheduled to begin operating in August 2023.
Coastal Link Ferries operates daily scheduled foot-passenger water taxi service between Coal Harbour, West Vancouver, and Bowen Island.
