STREETCARS: THE MISSING LINK?

UBC School of Environmental Health and the UBC School of Community and Regional Planning are pleased to inform you of our upcoming symposium:

STREETCARS: THE MISSING LINK?

September 29, 2010 (Wednesday)

Program: 8:30 am – 5:15 pm

Reception: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside Hotel, Vancouver BC.

OVERVIEW:

The Olympic Line - Vancouver’s 2010 Streetcar demonstration project held during the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games saw urban streetcars return to Vancouver for the first time in almost half a century. The project proved extremely popular and has ignited the idea of reinvesting in streetcars as part of a broader sustainable transportation system for the City of Vancouver and the entire Metro Vancouver region.

KEY TOPICS:

Streetcars: The Missing Link? brings together decisions makers, academics, and community leaders to explore, discuss and debate the potential role of streetcars as a critical link within the transportation system and the idea of bring streetcars back to Vancouver. Key topics of this symposium include:

· Historical role of streetcars in Vancouver

· Implementation costs

· Streetcar impacts on urban form and mobility

· Urban design and modal integration - lessons learned in other regions

· New data and information from the Olympic Line demonstration project.

DETAILED AGENDA is available here: http://www.soeh.ubc.ca/Continuing_Education/Streetcar.htm.

REGISTER AT: https://www.eplyevents.com/streetcar_UBC. Please register early as space is limited.

A hosted reception will follow the program at the revolving Vistas 360 restaurant/lounge on the 20th floor of the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside. Join delegates for complimentary refreshments, appetizers, and additional networking opportunities while taking in a 360-degree panoramic view of the city and harbour. Information from UBC students in the Schools of Community and Regional Planning, Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and Environmental Health on streetcar systems and their impacts will be shared at the reception.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: decision makers, municipal staff, developers, community leaders, media, academics, organizational leaders.

This event is sponsored by the J. Armand Bombardier Chair in Sustainable Transportation at UBC.

Inquiries:

Lydia Ma

UBC School of Environmental Health

Phone: (604) 822-9599

Email: lydia.ma@ubc.ca

Web: http://www.soeh.ubc.ca/Continuing_Education