How do we manage traffic and our dependency on vehicles?

Suburban communities, isolated from workplaces and cultural activities by 50 km or more, were conceived and built at a time when very few anticipated the environmental impact of driving from one place to another. Now, telecommuting technology and wireless networks make possible alternatives such as working remotely from local shared office spaces.

Vehicle use for short trips to the grocery store might be avoided if we lived in communities designed at a ‘human scale’. The working Southlands development plan calls for walkable streets, pathways, and transportation options enabling people to move about the community with less dependence on the automobile.

More than 50% of motor vehicle trips made by residents in Tsawwassen are to local destinations.