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    Residents used vehicles most and rarely biked or walked in the Southern Gulf Islands. Lack of cycling and biking infrastructure was the main obstacle to participation. Residents lobbied to increase rates, while decreasing sailings to stimulate local economic self-sufficiency.

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    Moving Towards Sustainable Transportation: Case Study Pender Islands

    By Jake Skinner

    Location

    Part of Southern Gulf Islands Two islands joined by bridge

    Relative Isolation

    Field Work

    Research question shift is focus Methods

    Observations and journal entry


    Face-time with communal organizers Document and website analysis Followup e-mails

    Challenges to External Transportation


    It is an Island Multiple options: air, ferry and small boat

    Focus on BC Ferries
    Southern Gulf

    Islands Milk Run

    BC Ferries

    Economic Instability

    Private-Public Enterprise, since 2003

    Fiscal 2012
    Reasons: increased rates, decreased ridership, labour Fuel to carbon to climate change Convenience hurts local businesses Reliance on services

    Environmental Degradation

    Enabler to Local Resilience


    Challenges to Internal Transportation


    Natural terrain Infrastructure

    Modes: car, taxi, bike, walking, Car-Stop


    Overwhelmingly car

    dependent
    Economic issues Environmental

    concern

    Limiters Effecting Cycling & Walking

    Transportation Survey (2012)

    Goal: Understand barriers to cycling and walking, so that changes could be make to encourage alternative transportation. Results: Residents used vehicles most and rarely biked or walked. Resident willingness was high but were limited by safety concerns. Lack of cycling and biking infrastructure was the main obstacle to participation.

    Responses to External Challenges

    BC Ferries

    Greener Waters Ahead Brochure

    Public consultation (Oct 29 Dec 21 2012)


    http://www.globaltvbc.com/public+consultations+b egin+on+future+of+bc+ferries+as+cuts+and+fare+ hikes+loom/6442743210/story.html

    Responses to External Challenges

    Southern Gulf Islands Economic Development Commission

    Lobby BC Ferries to increase rates, while decreasing sailings to stimulate local economic self-sufficiency Experience the Gulf Islands

    Responses to Internal Challenges


    Pender Community Transition (PCT) Moving Around Pender Alternative Transportation Society (MAP) Pender Islands Transportation Management Plan Pender Islands' Transportation Survey Promotion of Cycling Tourism: Experience the Gulf Islands

    Salish Sea Trail

    Outside Examples: External

    Small Ferries Project (Ireland, Northern Ireland & Scotland)

    Cross-border cooperation to address similar transportation issues Dedication to support lifeline ferry service to remote communities

    Small Ferries Project

    Operationalization

    Competition for local operator contracts Grounded in small design Diesel-electric hybrid

    Boats

    Outside Examples: Internal

    CRD Regional Pedestrian & Cycling Masterplan (PCMP)

    Goals: increase regional walking and cycling, make walking and cycling safer and create more places to walk and cycle Utilization of Gas Tax money Salt Spring Island (SSI) is doing it. Inclusion April 2012.

    Cycling SSI

    Velo Village July 2012

    Showcase rural cycling SSI's equivalent to MAP Successes: inluding SSI in PCMP, organizing Velo Village, constructing bike routes on SSI (FulfordGanges-Vesuvius)

    Islands Pathways

    Concluding Remarks

    External Transportation:

    Be bold: reduce ferry sizes

    Involve locals in operation


    Build upon strong relationships with the CRD and Islands Trust to gain inclusion into PCMP Keep communicating with other islands to build on successes.

    Internal Transportation

    Done! High Five! Questions?

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