Millennium Line UBC Extension
Public engagement for the Millennium Line UBC Extension concluded on May 14, 2021. Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide us with feedback.
From April 19 to May 14, 2021, we shared information about a potential Millennium Line UBC Extension and seeking feedback about two key topics:
- Project values to better understand priorities, opportunities, and considerations regarding a potential SkyTrain extension to UBC
- Criteria to help assess potential route and station location options
How will input be used
Your feedback will help us confirm the objectives of a potential SkyTrain extension, and evaluate possible route options and station locations.
Further engagement opportunities will be provided if decision-makers direct us to proceed to create a business case for a preferred alternative.
Public engagement for the Millennium Line UBC Extension concluded on May 14, 2021. Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide us with feedback.
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Project Values
We’ve identified a set of values that help guide our work in determining a preferred route and stations for a potential SkyTrain extension.
- Improve reliability and travel time
- Provide a safe and secure service
- Meet future ridership demand
- Attract new riders
- Better connect people to jobs, housing, recreation, and education
- Support and integrate with existing and future land use and development
- Expand local and regional economic opportunity
- Minimize impacts to neighbourhoods
- Minimize impacts to the natural environment
- Reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs)
- Improve access to transit for low-income households
We want to hear from you
We want to know how important each of these values are to you in relation to the proposed SkyTrain extension to UBC.
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Criteria to Help Assess Potential Route and Station Location Options
In the next round of our planning, we will evaluate the route and station location options. We have identified criteria to help assess possible SkyTrain route and station location options.
We will look at:
Customer Experience
- Travel time: Travel times and reliability for transit riders
Transportation
- Ridership: How many new riders would use the service
- Transportation: Effects on walking, cycling, driving, and trucks (goods movement)
- Access: Access to existing and future jobs, housing, and recreational and educational opportunities
Urban Development
- Streetscape/urban realm: Contribution to a high-quality urban environment with active and inviting streets
- Land use: Alignment with municipal and other local land use planning
Social, Community and Environment
- Neighbourhood: Consideration of impacts to established communities
- Environmental: Effects on the natural environment
- Climate change: Reduction of greenhouse gases
Economic
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Opportunities for Indigenous peoples: Support for Indigenous peoples’ employment opportunities and economic well-being
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Economic opportunity: Advance local and regional economic well-being by improving the movement of people and goods
Financial
- Financial: Cost effective use of public funds
- Fares: Fare revenue to finance the operations and maintenance of the extension
We want to hear from you
We want to know if there is anything else you think we should consider when assessing potential routes and station location options.
