The Victoria Region Transit Future Plan was completed in 2011 as a long term 25 year plan and is used as a guiding principal to this day. The Transit Future Plan includes a review of existing transit services, regional and local land use plans, travel data, demographic projections and travel demand forecasts.
This plan outlines a 25-year vision for improving the region’s transit network by:
Supporting local community goals and objectives, including:
Boosting the local economy
Protecting our natural environment
Developing livable neighborhoods that integrate all sustainable modes of transportation
Strengthening the link between transportation and land-use in order to achieve sustainable growth and development, promoting community resiliency.
Identifying a Transit Future Network that includes four layers of transit service to tailor transit to regional and local community needs:
Rapid transit
Frequent transit
Local transit
Targeted services
How is the Transit Future Plan being implemented?
Goals for Future Transit
Make Transit an attractive alternative to private vehicles by ensuring it is:
Fast and direct
Convenient and reliable
Easy to use
Comfortable
Accessible to everyone
Reduce the transit system’s environmental impact by:
Supporting a sustainable urban form
Supporting a sustainable transportation network
Investigating new vehicle technologies
Ensure the transit system is efficient by:
Maximizing ridership with the resources available
Matching transit service levels to demand
Matching transit vehicle types to demand
Why do we need Transit Future Plans?
This Transit Future Plan will guide transit investment that is supportive of livable communities, through:
Identifying short-term projects (one to five years) to assist local partners in developing local capital and operating budgets
Supporting local community goals and objectives, such as strengthening the link between transportation and land-use in order to support sustainable growth
Develop Service Standards and Performance Guidelines which will assist in future decision-making processes
Meeting climate change goals
Making it easy to access everyday services on foot, by bike and by transit
Join the Voice of the Rider Panel and contibute your ideas! By being a key participant in the development of the Victoria Transit System, you will help to improve transit for yourself and for your entire community. So get involved, share your input, and be a part of shaping your transit system now and for the generation to come.
