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Key Findings and Grades - Transportation
FAST FACTS
We are the Riders
We use public transit more than any other age group. About 28% of the transit users in our region are youth age 16 to 24, when youth only make up 14% of our region’s population. Generally, we feel safer using TransLink services than other age groups do.
SOURCE: Third-quarter Customer Service Survey, TransLink, 2008
Pedal Power
Public support for making cycling a viable mode of transportation is very high, particularly among youth age 16 to 24. Almost 60,000 bike trips are made every day in our city. The City has expanded bike lanes from 116 kilometres in 1994 to almost 400 kilometres as of 2008.
SOURCE: City of Vancouver Fact Sheet, June 2008 U-Pass
U-Pass
The U-Pass, a discounted transit pass for post-secondary students, led to a surge in riders after it launched at UBC in 2003. Now, it’s the preferred way to get to UBC and makes up 42% of all trips. The monthly cost of a three-zone U-Pass is $23.75. Those of us who aren’t students pay big bucks: $136 for a three-zone pass.
SOURCE: www.upass.ubc.ca
YOUTH IN ACTION
Earn-a-Bike
If you build it, you can keep it. Earn-a-Bike teaches youth age 12 to 18 how to build a bike. At the end of the program, they’ve developed bike maintenance skills, and get to ride off on their own two wheels. It’s all part of a grand scheme – Pedal Energy Development Alternatives (PEDAL) aims to promote cycling as the way to get around.