Nanaimo Transportation Master Plan
Nanaimo city council adopted the Nanaimo Transportation Master Plan at the May 26 meeting. The adoption followed a presentation by City of Nanaimo Traffic/Transportation Engineer Mr. Gordon Foy.
There were ten delegations who also presented to council, all in support of the transportation plan, that has been nearly three years in the making. One delegate, Mr. Dan Appell commended the plan's direction but stressed it will face challenges to implement. He likened the new plan to traveling in one direction, stopping, and turning around and traveling in the exact opposite direction.
Transportation Plan Turns Traffic Upside-down
This graphic shows the intended direction the transportation plan would take the city into the future. Currently the focus on the transportation infrastructure supports the above pyramid in the exact reverse order with cars first and pedestrians last.
The current reality of Nanaimo given it's large geographic area and with the limitations of the transit system is that cars are still by far the favored means of reliable, convenient transportation.
While the plan has many laudable goals and directions, the reality is that it will take at least a decade before any real change is likely to become manifest.
Hats off to Councillor Anderson and his committee who, I am sure put a great many hours and effort into producing this 180 page document which hopefully will guide our transportation strategy into the future making our city an enviable people-first, cars-last place to live, work, play and invest.
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