Nathan Pachal's Transportation Report Card Released

Nathan Pachal, urbanist, Langley City councillor and transit researcher took a look at 23 transit authorities across Canada and developed a “report card” of who was doing what well.  As reported in the Vancouver Sun by Jennifer Saltman,  Metro Vancouver had  the best revenue kilometres per service hour — meaning transit service is slightly faster than in other regions — though the metric has slowly declined over the past three years.” 
Metro Vancouver also had the highest passenger trip intensity, where service actually goes to areas of high demand. Vancouver ended up with a score of “A” plus, as did Calgary. This was behind Montreal which warranted an  “A” with a triple plus.
Using 2015 data, Nathan does this comparison to highlight ‘ how things actually are, because whether you think the service is fantastic or it’s performing sub par it’s good to have that real information that you can use to compare it to the rest of the nation and see how transit service in Canada and Vancouver is doing.” 
Metro Vancouver’s TransLink has increased its score from an “A” to an “A” plus as the region has the best revenue kilometers per service hour and the highest passenger trip intensity.  The 2016 data which will be used in the next transit report card will include federal  and provincial investments in transportation planning including Metro Vancouver’s ten-year plan for transit and transportation. As regional transit services have not been able to keep up with population growth, such investment is badly needed. You can find further information about the Transit Report Card on Nathan Pachal’s South Fraser Blog available here.