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Smart Bylaws Guide – Transportation Demand Management –
Whistler
The Resort Municipality of Whistler recently completed a
Comprehensive
Transportation Strategy, the focus of which is on reducing the
use of single occupancy vehicles and providing incentives to use
alternate modes of transportation, such as bicycling, walking,
carpooling and transit. Key to this vision is more closely
understanding and addressing how land use decisions have an impact
on transportation choices.
The municipality hired a Transportation Demand Management
Coordinator who is working with BC Transit and larger employers in
the municipality on a Go
Green program to reduce vehicle trips to and from the workplace.
With the support of the municipality and BC Transit through Go
Green coordinator training courses, employers and employees are
encouraged to establish innovative company-specific trip reduction
programs.
The Whistler and Valley Express transit service also provides a
free shuttle from Whistler Village to Marketplace (Village North) to
the Upper Village loop, servicing Blackcomb Mountain base lodge. In
the summer, free service extends to Lost Lake Park, when parking
private cars is prohibited. The municipality also offers free
transit on Earth Day on April 22, Clean Air Day in June,
International Car Free Day in September and New Year's Eve.
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Whistler Comprehensive Transportation Strategy
GOAL
NUMBER 1
Transportation
system plans, designs and facilities should be integrated with
land use and recreation facility planning to accommodate
growth.
OBJECTIVES
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Plan
land development to shorten travel distances and reduce
vehicular travel demand.
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Reduce
the need for long-distance employee commuting from
Squamish and Pemberton.
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Reduce
the need for daily services shopping by motor vehicle.
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Maximize
the number of skiers who are able to stay within
convenient walking distance or ski-in/ski-out distance
from lift staging areas.
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Allow
easy transfer between lift staging areas to encourage
skiers to access the closest lift base and minimize
vehicular travel distance.
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Plan
and design all developments to minimize walking distances
to transit, walkways and bicycle facilities and trails.
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Plan
ski lift staging areas to minimize skier walking
distances.
- Plan developments to maximize the number of ski-in/ski-out
trails.
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For More Information
Emma Dal
Santo, TDM Coordinator, (604) 935-8197, edalsanto@whistler.ca.
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