First stage of UBC Line Rapid Transit Study seeks public input

Written by jrood

February 14, 2001 The public is needed to provide input into the first phase of the Vancouver, B.C.,  UBC Line Rapid Transit Study. Community consultation meetings for this phase of the study start the week of April 19 and continue through mid-May.

The UBC Line Rapid
Transit Study is jointly funded by TransLink and the Province of British
Columbia, and is supported by the City of Vancouver, the University of British
Columbia, the UBC Endowment Lands and Metro Vancouver.

The study is looking at
options in providing future rapid transit service along the Broadway corridor
from Commercial Drive to UBC. The corridor is already one of the busiest in the
region, and making improvements in the ability of transit to move people around
and through it will help enhance livability and sustainability in Metro
Vancouver.

TransLink is involving
stakeholders early in the broad-based study, and at every milestone along the
way. Since last summer, TransLink has held meetings and workshops with local
area residents, businesses, community groups, faculty and students in order to
start the discussion in defining the need for the study, and its associated
issues, challenges and opportunities. Discussing the types of transit
technologies for the corridor and how to evaluate them has also been an
important part of these talks. Bus rapid transit, light rail transit and rail
rapid transit, as well as improving existing bus service are all being studied.

Based on these initial
discussions, TransLink again met with stakeholder groups April 15 to discuss
route and technology combinations that are being proposed for the corridor.
Currently, there are six alternatives recommended for discussion. These can be
viewed at
www.bepartoftheplan.ca


One of the key points of
discussion during the workshops: Whether this is the right range of transit
alternatives from which to start a more detailed Phase Two design and
evaluation-and, if it is, what considerations should the study team take into
account as the alternatives are developed further.

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