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in making informed decisions. Feel free to peruse these additional resources
to help you dig deeper into the Issues surrounding highway expansion.
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City of Burnaby Report on Port Mann/ Highway 1 Project
"This report
updates Council on the Province’s plans to widen Highway 1 and twin the Port
Mann
Bridge. This is a project that Council has twice expressed opposition to,
most recently on 2006
June 26. The freeway concept is largely unchanged since then. In Burnaby, it
includes widening
the highway to eight lanes in most sections, and ten lanes in the Grandview
/ Willingdon area,
with reconstruction of all the interchanges.
On 2006 June 26, Council adopted a series of primary motions related to the
project. In addition
to the above-stated opposition, these included a desire for a balanced
analysis of a broader range
of alternatives, public consultation regarding that analysis, and
consideration of induced land use
and traffic arising from the project. These requests have not been acted on
by the Province."
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"EndTheHeat.org is an organization comprised of individuals who are concerned for the Earth and the creatures that reside on it. This organization was formed January of 2007 when An Inconvenient truth was watched. We knew something must be done. A New years resolution was made. That resolution was "I want to inform the public and other like-minded environmentalists, of the causes, effects, events and solutions surrounding the Earth’s Global Warming Problem." This website was built by this individual. We here at EndTheHeat.org believe in Margaret Mead's famous quote “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has.” So here we are a small group of thoughtful committed citizens, let's see what we can do!"
see more in "Local Initiatives Supporting the LRSP"...
"Slugging is a term used to describe a unique form of commuting found in the Washington, DC area sometimes referred to as "Instant Carpooling" or "Casual Carpooling". It's unique because people commuting into the city stop to pickup other passengers even though they are total strangers! However, slugging is a very organized system with its own set of rules, proper etiquette, and specific pickup and drop-off."
see more in "Alternative Solutions"...
Reports.
Health.
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Document |
Source (Author) |
Date | Format | Size |
| Promoting public health through smart growth | Smart Growth BC | Mar 2006 | <1mb | |
| Clean air - longer life | Toronto Sun, March, 2006 | Mar 2006 | <1mb | |
| Important health info! UBC study finds living close to major roadways is risky for residents | Vancouver Sun, December 31, 2005 | Dec 2005 | <1mb | |
| Public Health/Urban Sprawl report including a revealing statistic from one of the reports. <<link not found>> | Ontario College of Family Physicians | ? | .html | |
| Researchers find a link between highways and breathing problems | U. of S. California Health Sciences News | May 2005 | <1mb | |
| Provincial Health Officers Full 2003 report | BC Ministry of Health Services | 2003 | 3.9mb | |
| Heart and Stroke Foundation Report Card 2005: Urban vs. Suburban lifestyles | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada | Feb 2005 | .html |
Air Quality.
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Document |
Source (Author) |
Date | Format | Size |
|
Linking Land use with vehicle emissions by Larry Frank et al |
Transportation Research Part D |
2000 | 1.5mb | |
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Highway Health hazards report from the Sierra Club ...or a summary <<considerably smaller file>> |
Sierra Club | 2004 | 21.2mb | |
| Comparing Sumas II to more cars | BC Provincial Health Officer’s Annual Report | 2003 | <1mb |
Land Use.
|
Document |
Source (Author) |
Date | Format | Size |
| Of Mice and Elephants | Stuart Ramsey, P. Eng. Journal Inst. Transportation Engineers | Sept 2005 | <1mb | |
| Seattle groups envisage the city in 2100 | Seattle PI | May 2006 | <1mb | |
| A dramatic image shows the comparison of Vancouver and Seattle and how the success of Vancouver's containment boundaries has created a more compact region and preserved its farmland | Greenbelt BC | Mar 2004 | .jpg | <1mb |
| Sprawl and Smart growth in Greater Vancouver | Northwest Environment Watch | Sept 2002 | <1mb | |
| How transportation decisions influence land use patterns | Victoria Transport Policy Institute | Apr 2006 | .html |
Alternative Solutions.
|
Document |
Source (Author) |
Date | Format | Size |
| Slug-Lines - Washington D.C. based "Instant Carpooling" or "Casual Carpooling" | David LeBlanc is the author of "Slugging: The Commuting Alternative For Washington | on-going | .html | |
| Dynamic Ridesharing - San Francisco based, allows commuters to make one-time ride matches close to their departure time | Ride Now, Inc. | on-going | .html | |
| Urban Transportation Showcase: Halifax - Innovation Towards Integrated Bus Rapid Transit | Transport Canada | Feb 2001 | .html | |
|
Urban Transportation Showcase: Waterloo - Central Transit Corridor Express Project |
Transport Canada | Feb 2001 | .html | |
| The Fraser Valley Light Rail: An Alternative to the Gateway Program |
Ian MacPhee, Billy Collins, Mike Smith (SFU Urban Studies) |
Jan 2007 | <3mb | |
| Car Sharing in the GVRD | Co-Op Auto Network | on-going | .html | |
| Jack Bell Rideshare Program | Jack Bell Rideshare | on-going | .html | |
| Jim Stanford, Globe and Mail | Aug 2995 | <1mb | ||
| Greater Investment Required in Transportation Choices | Jay Stanford and Allison Cook, Municipal World | Aug 2006 | 230kb |
Links.
Websites of other regions facing similar questions.
Local Initiatives Supporting the LRSP.
Return to top
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Document |
Source (Author) |
Format | Size |
| End The Heat - "EndTheHeat.org is dedicated to informing the public about the causes, effects, events and solutions surrounding the Earth’s Global Warming Problem." | .html | ||
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Against Port Expansion - concerned that expansion plans for Deltaport's container terminal will see the degradation of the quality of life for affected areas and natural environments including the industrialization of prime agricultural lands |
Delta-based Group | .html | |
| Valtac - non-partisan assembly of citizens with the objective of encouraging workable, affordable and environmentally sensitive transportation systems in the Lower Mainland. | Fraser Valley- based Group | .html | |
| New Westminster Environmental Partners - dedicated to promoting the urban environmental platform in this Lower Mainland city | New Westminster-based Group | .html | |
| Farm Folk/City Folk - Working to preserve local agriculture | Vancouver group | .html | |
| Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition - working to promote choices in transportation | .html | ||
| Better Environmentally Sound Transportation | BEST | .html | |
| Smart Growth BC | .html | ||
| One Day Vancouver | .html | ||
| UBC's Smart Growth on the Ground Initiative | .html | ||
| Society promoting environmental conservation | SPEC | .html |
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“We know that we cannot build our way out of congestion.” Premier Gordon Campbell, speaking at GVRD Council of Councils, June 2003 |