[sustran] Vancouver Olympics - Lessons For Transport Planners

[Eric Britton]

Every once in a while sustainable transport and sustainable city planners
get a break. Some of these are immediately recognizable as such, for example
when your city has decided to host some important international event such
as the Olympic Games, a World Expo, or some kind of international athletic,
cultural or political event, all of which occasions which may provide the
funding and vision of the city which is simply not there in the ordinary
hustle and bustle of day-to-day life. But these "opportunities" may also
take a far less rosy form, such as a crippling transit strike or even
natural disaster which may temporarily or permanently wipe out some part of
the city's normal transportation arrangements. In this article, our friend
and colleague Todd Litman reports from Canada on one of the more happy
occasions for transition and innovation. But at the end of the day there is
always the question, "what is the legacy of all this?"
Way-To-Go Vancouver Olympics - Lessons For Transport Planners
- Todd Litman, Executive director, Victoria Transport Policy Institute,
Victoria BC



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