Are there more or less people using public transit to get to work? New data from the 2016 census released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday focused on people's commutes — how they get to work, how long they're in traffic and where their work is. In 1996, just 21.8 per cent of Metro Vancouver workers said they bused, walked or cycled to work. But the number of people who said they biked, walked or took public transit went up by 162,205. (Figures from the 1996, 2006 and 2016 Census)... but Vancouver isn't as transit-happy as we might thinkIn total, 40.6 per cent of Metro Vancouver commuters use what Statistics Canada terms "sustainable transportation", meaning biking/walking/public transit plus carpooling.

Source: CBC News November 30, 2017 20:48 UTC