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§ Project§ Promotional event§ Meeting§ Research paper§ Honoraria§ Grant
For someone here with an idea:
“These people (in thefinancial markets)believed that the collapseof the subprimemortgage market was unlikely preciselybecause it would besuch a catastrophe.”
precisely because itwould be such acatastrophe.”
How can our plansincorporate change sodisruptive …
That the assumptions onwhich the plan is basedare no longer true?
Dwight Eisenhower
“In preparing forbattle, I havealways found thatplans are useless butplanning isindispensable.”
The Battle Ground
• The American Dream• The Canadian Dream
… most of what we have built for the last half century
Assumptions for Suburbia
• Cheap, secure energy• Abundant, serviced land• Continuous flow of safe water• Low-cost money• Technologies and organizations that
make it all work
Cheap, secure energy
Vancouver Reforms in the 1970s
• Local Area Planning• Urban Design Review• Heritage Preservation• Amenity requirements• Discretionary Zoning• Development Permit Board
From Seismic to Incremental
West End
Central BusinessDistrict
Concord Pacific Place(Yaletown)
Coal Harbour
DowntownSouth
Triangle West
The Livable City: Density Done Well
Bob Rennie noted thatproximity to transit isparamount for today’shomebuyer.
“In the ’70s and ’80s it waslocation, location, location.
“In the ’90s throughmid-’2000s, it was timing,timing, timing. Vancouver ‘Condo King’
“What used to be aniche market is nowthe market.” Chris LeinbergerUrban Land Institute’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Council
Key Elements of 1997 Plan
• No increase in road capacity
• Accommodate growth throughwalking, cycling, and transit
• No increase in road capacity
• Accommodate growth throughwalking, cycling, and transit
• Support regional TDM measures
• Maintain good truck access
• Support neighbourhood trafficcalming
• Provide services & jobs close tohome
Key Elements of 1997 Plan
Five Practical Choices
•Car•Taxi, Car-sharing, Driverless•Transit of all kinds•Bicycle / scooter•Foot
Five Practical Choices
Downtown Vancouver1996-2011
1996 - 2011
+10%
PEOPLEENTERINGDOWNTOWN
1996 - 2011
-25%
VEHICLESENTERINGDOWNTOWN
1996 - 2011
+26%
DOWNTOWNJOBS
1996 - 2011
+75%
DOWNTOWNPOPULATION
• More people & jobs
Peak periods = 7-9 am, 11am - 1pm, 3-6pm)Source: City of Vancouver estimates based on screenline counts and census information.Change in population & job numbers have been rounded to the nearest 1%, and screenline counts to the nearest 5%.
(peak periods) (peak periods)
• Less cars, but more trips
Downtown Vancouver1996-2011
1996 - 2011
+10%
PEOPLEENTERINGDOWNTOWN
1996 - 2011
-25%
VEHICLESENTERINGDOWNTOWN
1996 - 2011
+26%
DOWNTOWNJOBS
1996 - 2011
+75%
DOWNTOWNPOPULATION
• More people & jobs
Peak periods = 7-9 am, 11am - 1pm, 3-6pm)Source: City of Vancouver estimates based on screenline counts and census information.Change in population & job numbers have been rounded to the nearest 1%, and screenline counts to the nearest 5%.
(peak periods) (peak periods)
• Less cars, but more trips
Downtown Vancouver1996-2011
1996 - 2011
+10%
PEOPLEENTERINGDOWNTOWN
1996 - 2011
-25%
VEHICLESENTERINGDOWNTOWN
1996 - 2011
+26%
DOWNTOWNJOBS
1996 - 2011
+75%
DOWNTOWNPOPULATION
• More people & jobs
Peak periods = 7-9 am, 11am - 1pm, 3-6pm)Source: City of Vancouver estimates based on screenline counts and census information.Change in population & job numbers have been rounded to the nearest 1%, and screenline counts to the nearest 5%.
(peak periods) (peak periods)
• Less cars, but more trips
A truly stable system expects the
unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted,waits to be transformed. - Tom Robbins