Traffic Woes? Urban Planning Expert to Present Vancouver's Experience in Growing, Yet Lessening Congestion

Silver Spring, MD - At a 7 p.m. Thursday, July 12 presentation to the Montgomery County Planning Board, an international planning expert will detail how Vancouver, British Columbia, reduced vehicle use even while building a denser and more vibrant city.

The presentation by Gordon Price, director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, the latest expert in the Board’s Growth Management Speaker Series, will help inform the Planning Board as it grapples with how to shape the future of Montgomery County. Vancouver’s success in reducing vehicle use is particularly relevant as the Board looks for ways to alleviate road congestion and plan for more mass transit use by its current and future residents.

Gordon Price, adjunct professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at the University of British Columbia and recent winner of a provincial smart growth “Smarty” award, will describe how Vancouver accommodated more residences – increasing development in its urban core more than any other North American city – but at the same time, experienced a drop in vehicle use.

Price’s presentation, “The Vancouver Recipe: How To Increase Density and Reduce Fat,” will illustrate Vancouver’s process and lessons learned and pose ideas for urban and suburban settings.

WHO:
Gordon Price, director of the City Program at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, B.C.

WHAT:
Presentation on Growth Management Strategies – The Vancouver Recipe: How To Increase Density and Reduce Fat

WHEN:  
Thursday, July 12, 2007 – 7 p.m.

WHERE:
Park and Planning Headquarters
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD