{"id":31246,"date":"2017-12-11T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T20:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=31246"},"modified":"2019-10-04T17:20:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T00:20:41","slug":"release-sustainable-transportation-on-the-rise-in-metro-vancouver-biking-leading-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2017\/12\/11\/release-sustainable-transportation-on-the-rise-in-metro-vancouver-biking-leading-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Release: Sustainable transportation on the rise in Metro Vancouver, biking leading the way"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/PressRelease_Spacing_Banner_600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31203\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/PressRelease_Spacing_Banner_600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/PressRelease_Spacing_Banner_600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/12\/PressRelease_Spacing_Banner_600-300x36.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>The&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0016_m2vU4NKzFXtJx76alNJ97hr4Gea-2MLh8XsYMVOP5oIapg15lcXUpCPLv1Wnhtbo9VnDWhlFrLJjMJG6nLVPakpHCdnuH1UUbmXRXJK9ULC-cQObe6ACiJshsT58cTMcvpR0gP-uI1CYpUOk0TV9QunE1WxhOygkd2revtxpn3CegYYh0q-mITX0TUez6hzhbba0Go1QVS5M2IQ2_v4GKMzdhNkSV1GQ0fgPyZTIHxY9IUZzMKXpeYH5dvteuX&amp;c=m_FIX161PLRXv0FBHBYz0ikbEmtspJAzVyo7Q1IG7kfYsScZSF6KUA==&amp;ch=QuMjnBXhNiNIl6Z13jfnLGCkbzbf6kIJqpuI5IVEW5NDXRWcHrPhXQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2016 Census data<\/a>&nbsp;released&nbsp;on Wednesday&nbsp;shows that nearly one in three commuters in census metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver use sustainable transportation, that is, they used public transit, walked, cycled or carpooled.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>During the last 20\u2011year period (1996-2016),&nbsp;the number of&nbsp;workers who commuted to work&nbsp;has increased from 8.6 million to 11.7 million, a 35.9% increase. Over the same&nbsp;20\u2011year period, the number of workers taking public transit increased by 58.7%, and&nbsp;the number of people cycling to work increased by 87.9%, both far in excess of the overall growth in the number of commuters. There is also a vigorous increment in the cities electric bikes park. Traffic in major cities is a steadily growing problem with average populations always rising and people needing to get around. To help combat congestion, <a href=\"https:\/\/ebiketeam.co.nz\/\">electric bikes nz<\/a> are proving to a great option to personal motor vehicles and even public transport.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Metro Vancouver (The Census Metro Area) with&nbsp;a&nbsp;cycling primary mode share of 2.3% ranked highest among the largest Canadian metropolitan areas. Metro Vancouver\u2019s cycling primary mode share was 1.8% in&nbsp;2011.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Commercial\/Strathcona\/Mt. Pleasant neighbourhood&nbsp;in Vancouver&nbsp;led the way&nbsp;with&nbsp;primary cycling mode shares of 15-20%.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>HUB Cycling supports&nbsp;initiatives&nbsp;across Metro Vancouver to build and expand Vancouver&#8217;s cycling network with low-stress, high quality routes for people of all ages and abilities.&nbsp;To learn more about HUB Cycling&#8217;s work to #ungapthemap in order to encourage even more people to cycle for transportation, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0016_m2vU4NKzFXtJx76alNJ97hr4Gea-2MLh8XsYMVOP5oIapg15lcXSN_zkQK2fwCDDGO9eJ2Aq5OH3Dp0vOYW5sp2XvaEddPVSAbHV_c7tJtNrkyIvMaUJTsT4cz7wwtU6sbKn-8xsYqlRJ67zKAWcPqxZ1Pc0Ue&amp;c=m_FIX161PLRXv0FBHBYz0ikbEmtspJAzVyo7Q1IG7kfYsScZSF6KUA==&amp;ch=QuMjnBXhNiNIl6Z13jfnLGCkbzbf6kIJqpuI5IVEW5NDXRWcHrPhXQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bikehub.ca<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>***<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;2016 Census data&nbsp;released&nbsp;on Wednesday&nbsp;shows that nearly one in three commuters in census metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver use sustainable transportation, that is, they used public transit, walked, cycled or carpooled. &nbsp; During the last 20\u2011year period (1996-2016),&nbsp;the number of&nbsp;workers who commuted to work&nbsp;has increased from 8.6 million to 11.7 million, a 35.9% increase.<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2017\/12\/11\/release-sustainable-transportation-on-the-rise-in-metro-vancouver-biking-leading-the-way\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Release: Sustainable transportation on the rise in Metro Vancouver, biking leading the way&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11228,25,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bikes","category-infrastructure","category-transit"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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