New Westminster, BC City Councillor Jonathan Cote presents on Sustainable Transportation from the NWEP AGM on November 9, 2010.

2. Climate Change

3. Peak Oil

4. Chicken & the Egg Debate
Transportation Infrastructure vs.
Urban Form

5. The design of our cities has a huge
impact on how sustainable our
transportation system will be.
1. Street Design
2. Mixed Use
3. Density

6. Interconnected vs. Dendritic

7. Mixed Use

8. Density
There is a strong correlation between density and
walking, cycling and transit use in a community.

13. 5 7 10
5 minutes is the average threshold for
walking
7 minute transit frequency is when
users no longer need to consult a
schedule
10 units per acres is the minimum
amount of density to support frequent
transit service

14. CATO Institute
 Found that it would be cheaper to buy a car for every
American dependant on bus service than to provide
public transit.

15. Transportation Infrastructure

16. Funding Gap

17. Options
 1. Increased Property Taxes
 2. Vehicle Levy
 3. Gas Tax
 4. Road Pricing