1. TransLink:
Moving forward in
Greater Vancouver
Bob Paddon
VP Customer and
Public Engagement
Peter Fassbender
Chair, Mayors’ Council
October 21, 2010

2. • TransLink s
TransLink’s goals
• Sustainable, livable region
• Well managed transportation network
• Maximizes every dollar of revenue
• Plans for future growth
• Partnership with our municipalities, the
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province and the federal g
government

3. TransLink – Delivering a better
transportation network
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From 2000 to 2010
More transit service, more routes, bigger more modern fleet
- 75% more hours of service – to 7.1 million hours per year
- 700 more buses, 150 SkyTrain cars - 29 stations,
a new SeaBus and 16 more West Coast Express cars
- 90 million more transit riders per year - most on the system
‘by choice’

4. Using emerging
technologies to Leverage
our resources TransLink – Delivering a better
transportation network
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From 2000 to 2010
An expanded major arterial road network including:
- Golden Ears Bridge
- Dollarton Highway Bridges in North Vancouver
- David Avenue Connector in Coquitlam
- Coast Meridian Overpass in Port Coquitlam
- 204th Street Overpass in Langley
Plus over $800 million in road improvement p j
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5. Where We’ve Been
Where We re Going
We’re
Funding
Stabilization
Update Decision Implementation of
(2011 Base Plan) Required in 2010 MOU moving
on Evergreen Line forward
Funding
F di + NFPR
Stabilization Comptroller
Plan General’s
Approved Review
2009 2010 2011 2012
Update Transport 2040:
Extensive Province &
Cost •Sustainable Funding Strategy
Consultation on Mayors’ Council
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Transportation Reduction
R d ti sign 2011 MOU •Policy Development
Investment Program
•Investment Plan

6. Operational Efficiencies and Flexibility
 Management continues to focus on improving cost efficiencies
 executive restructuring and corporate realignment
 nearly 100 positions eliminated
 2010 budget reduction target of $30 million
 Long history of consistently outperforming the plan
 Nimble reaction to economic conditions by service adjustments
 hours, frequency and routes
 Cost metrics to improve at a rate less than inflation

7. TransLink services rank among
most efficient in the world
UK International Benchmarking Group West Coast Express
rated Coast Mountain Bus Company costs reduced 85%
third b t f
thi d best of major world cities
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including London, Paris, New York and
Montreal
SkyTrain most cost efficient
in North America

8. Financial challenge
TransLink & the Metro Vancouver Region
Building the Asia-Pacific Gateway
Metro Vancouver
Annual Transit
Ridership
1998 124 million transit trips
• Ridership
increased 52%
between 1998 and
2009
• Population
increased by 15%
= 5 million
transit trips
2009 188 million transit trips

9. Recent Investments (5 yrs)

10. Roberts Bank Rail Corridor
41B Street
 local and agric lt ral
agricultural
traffic
 access to the TFN lands
80th Street
 primary access to
Boundary Bay Airport
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 new signal at Ladner
Trunk Road
 Rail Advanced Warning
System

11. TransLink Priorities
Maintaining State of
Upgrades Expansion
Services Good Repair
Funding Stabilization Plan Additional Funding Required

12. Funding Sources
 Sources at maximum:
 Fuel Tax
 Parking Sales Tax
 Hydro Levy
 Replacement Tax
 Remaining sources:
 T
Transportation Improvement Fee (Vehicle Registration Fee)
t ti I t F (V hi l R i t ti F )
 Benefitting Area Tax
 Transit Fares
 Property Taxes
 MOU provides opportunity to explore other sources in future
supplements starting in 2011
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13. Proposed Supplemental Funding Options
Funding Options
Property Tax Transportation
Improvement Fee
Evergreen Line North Fraser Perimeter About $5.20 per year Between $15 and $55
Road Phase 1 per $100,000 of per year depending
assessed value on the vehicle’s fuel
vehicle s
Option A
efficiency
Average paid would
be $31 per year per Average fee paid per
household vehicle would be $38
Evergreen Line North Fraser Perimeter $9.20 per year per Between $30 and $90
Road Phase 1 $100,000 of assessed per year depending
value on the vehicle’s fuel
vehicle s
Option B
• Upgrading existing SkyTrain stations efficiency
• Improving bus service across Average paid would
the region be $54 per year per Average fee paid per
• Restoring funding for major road household vehicle would be $65
upgrades and cycling programs