Reply To: CCEM 106 – Question 1

[Jen Grebeldinger]

I can echo what Ryan is saying. For a rural area, like Salt Spring Island, land use planning would likely be the most effective and acceptable approach. because traffic numbers is relatively limited, road pricing would not likely pay for itself. (Though a few bucks to get through town on a sunny Saturday afternoon would be well worth it!). Some consider the ferry ticket prices as a toll. Concentrating development in the downtown area has been researched, it would reduce the VKT. The planners and leaders have had some difficulty accepting reduced parking requests, they should be looking at the literature…