Equity, Opportunity and Good Health: How Transportation Affects Quality of Life In Metro Vancouver
- Built Environment
- Transportation
- General
This 50-minute video discusses how transportation connects us to our community, our place of work, and our friends and family. The way transportation infrastructure is designed and accessible modes of transportation impact our lifestyle and our health. The lecture reviews some of the evidence from other jurisdictions, but focuses primarily on the findings from the My Health My Community (www.myhealthmycommunity.org) project that surveyed 28,000 Metro Vancouver residents in 2013–14. While there are clear health dividends for active transportation users, current transit infrastructure does not equally benefit all communities in Metro Vancouver. Access to transportation widens opportunity, but it is a significant equity issue in Metro Vancouver.