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The Transport Demand Management Study

BCIT Campus Planning and Facilities worked with Watt Consultancy Group and the campus community, on developing a comprehensive Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Strategy, completed  in 2023. This Strategy provides a roadmap for how the BCIT Burnaby campus will advance sustainable transportation.

Purpose of the Study

  • Estimate existing transportation demand at the Burnaby campus, including the number of trips by travel mode and the number of vehicles that park on campus.
  • Forecast future transportation demand at the Burnaby campus with consideration of campus growth and regional transportation trends.
  • Review of best practices from other post-secondary institutions in BC, Canada, and the United States.

Where do our Campus Community commute from?

  
Map of staff and student commuting patterns
  • 2% of the community lives within 1 kilometre of the Burnaby campus
  • 17% of the community lives between 2 to 5 kilometres. This represents a 15-minute walk
    from Burnaby and 15-minute e-bike ride from Vancouver respectively.
  •  21% of the community lives between 6 to 10 kilometres and 21% of the community
    lives between 11 to 15 kilometres. This represents a 25-minute transit ride from
    New Westminster and 40-minute transit ride from Coquitlam respectively.
  •  29% of the community lives further than 15 kilometres. This represents a one-hour
    drive from Abbotsford or a transit ride of 1.5 to 2 hours.
  • 11% reported an address outside the Lower Mainland and Whistler & Squamish (Sea-to-Sky Highway).

Modes of Travel to Campus

  • The BCIT Burnaby campus sees approximately 19,000 person trips per day.
  • Research for study found an on an average of 18,978 on a fall weekday in 2021.
  • This includes 13,093 inbound trips and 5,885 outbound trips from 6:30a.m. in the morning to 7:30 p.m. in the evening.
  • 274 of the 18,978 trips (162 inbound; 112 outbound) were associated with truck traffic.
  • This results in a trip generation rate of 1.419 person trips per student FTE and 0.718 Single Occupancy Vehicle trips per student FTE

Breakdown of Journeys to Campus by Travel Mode

Travel Mode Group Travel Mode Percent
Students Employees
Non- Sustainable Drive Alone 44% 67%
Sub-Total 44% 67%
Sustainable Transit 46% 16%
Carpooling 6% 5%
Walk 4% 4%
Cycle & Roll 8%
Sub-Total 56% 33%
Total 100% 100%