Transportation Planning
Centrally located within a growing urban region, the City of Burnaby faces significant challenges in maintaining a successful transportation system for the movement of people and goods, while minimizing impacts to the community. Transportation Planning plays an important role in implementing the City’s Official Community Plan and its strategic directions of creating a community that is more complete, environmentally aware, involved, with economic opportunity and increased transportation choice. The strategies for achieving this are contained in the Burnaby Transportation Plan.
Current Transportation Initiatives
Community Transportation Plan Reviews
The City undertakes Community Transportation Plans to provide a process to involve residents of an area in developing measures to reduce through traffic in neighbourhoods while maintaining access for local residents. Current reviews include:
Projects
Burnaby Transportation Plan
The Transportation Planning Section is responsible for the development and implementation of the Burnaby Transportation Plan. This Plan sets the direction for transportation in the City in both the short and long terms, and includes goals, policies and programs to guide the development of the transportation system in the City. The current plan was created in 1995, with periodic updates since then. It includes walking, cycling, goods movement (trucks), high occupancy vehicles, and cars. The plan is guided by a transportation vision, seven goals to guide all actions in trasportation in Burnaby and 37 implementation policies.
Transportation Vision
“That the City of Burnaby, in consultation with its residents and other public and private agencies, strive to facilitate the efficient movement of people and goods in Burnaby in a cost effective manner which enhances the environment and livability of the entire community.”
Transportation Goals
The seven Transportation Goals which represent the fundamental principles to guide all actions in transportation in Burnaby include:
- Move People Efficiently By Road
- Move Goods Efficiently
- Reduce The Need For Travel
- Promote Alternative Modes
- Protect The Livability And Environment Of The Community
- Manage The Transportation System; and
- Inform And Educate The Community.
Implementation
The Transportation Plan calls for the development over time of several integrated networks:
- Major Road Network and Minor Road Network
- Transit Network
- High Occupancy Vehicle Network
- Truck Routes and Hazardous Goods Networks
- Major Road Cycling Network and Minor Road Cycling Network
- Urban Trail Network
- Pedestrian Facilities
The transportation system in the City serves the needs of its own residents, but also regional trips travelling to or through Burnaby. Regional initiatives are primarily the responsibility of TransLink, the regional transportation agency, and include:
- Transit information (trip planning)
- Transport 2040 (long-term transportation plan)
- TravelSmart (travel advice & information)
- Regional Cycling Strategy
