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Fall 2011 Baseline Truck Traffic in Metro Watercrossings, Border Crossings and Top 10 Truck Volume Locations (Weekday, 6AM-10PM) Transportation Committee Map of the Month March 12, 2014

Legend Screenline Volumes Total Vehicles Counted (fall weekday in 2011) Light and Heavy Commercial Trucks Passenger Vehicles, Motorcycles, 61,000 Vehicles Transit Vehicles, Bicycles 1% Trucks 120,000 Vehicles Daily Average from Auto Counts (no truck data) 5% Trucks Regional Land Use Designations Industrial and Mixed Employment 53,000 Vehicles General Urban 2% Trucks 46,000 Vehicles Agricultural, Conservation & Recreation, Rural 2% Trucks Highway 1 - West of Granville Bridge North Road Brunette Ave. - Bridge 51,000 Vehicles 103,000 Vehicles South of Highway 1 70,000 Vehicles 1% Trucks 8% Trucks 53,000 Vehicles 6% Trucks 13% Trucks Bridge 96,000 Vehicles Knight St Bridge 72,000 Vehicles, 2% Trucks 7% Trucks 89,000 Vehicles Bridge Airport Connector Bridge- 19,000 Vehicles, 5% Trucks 8% Trucks 27,000 Vehicles 8% Trucks - 17,000 Vehicles, 5% Trucks 63,000 Vehicles Oak St Bridge 7% Trucks - 21,000 Vehicles, 2% Trucks 78,000 Vehicles 3% Trucks 79,000 Vehicles No. 2 Road Bridge- 30,000 Vehicles, 1% Trucks Highway 1 - West of Highway 91 - West of 9% Trucks 176th Street No. 8 Road 70,000 Vehicles 82,000 Vehicles 102,000 Vehicles 12% Trucks 10% Trucks 8% Trucks 77,000 Vehicles 7% Trucks

Highway 1 - East of 264th Street 59,000 Vehicles 12% Trucks

Point Roberts Border Crossing Highway 13 Border Crossing 5,500 Daily Average Highway 99 Border Crossing Highway 15 Border Crossing 4,400 Daily Average No truck data 13,000 Vehicles 13,000 Vehicles No truck data 1% Trucks 14% Trucks

A Note About the Border Crossings Highway 99 Border Crossing prohibits all commercial vehicles, but a small number of commercial trucks were observed on the survey day. For Point Roberts and the highway 13 border crossings, only automatic counters were deployed to collect overall levels of traffic (mid-September to mid-November), therefore no truck information is available. Truck Traffic in Metro Vancouver This map depicts the volume of truck traffic relative to Overall, the fall 2011 screenline survey indicates that The map does not depict changes in traffic demand other traffic at select locations in the region in fall 2011. during the 16-hour survey period, trucks made up 6% of all subsequent to the survey period in 2011 as a result of The data was collected on a single weekday in the fall vehicular traffic. The regional truck split is highest during population and economic growth, implementation of between 6AM and 10PM as part of TransLink’s Regional the midday at 9%. Not surprisingly, of the top 10 truck full tolls on the Port Mann Bridge, the opening of the Screenline Survey. Daily variations due to weather, local volume locations, five are watercrossings and four are South Fraser Perimeter Road, and other factors. As events, traffic incidents, and construction interruptions along Highway 1. The locations (not shown on the map) demonstrated in the bar charts (below right), the average can have an effect on the reliability of the data collected. with the highest truck split were “Deltaport Way - South annual daily vehicle volume (automatic count data Trucks are defined as light commercial trucks having of 27B Avenue” (59%) and “River Road – West of Nordel collected year round, including weekends, by the Ministry two axles with 4 wheels on the rear axle, and heavy Way” (26%) in Delta, and “88th Avenue – West of 176th of Transportation and Infrastructure) on the Pattullo Bridge commercial trucks having three or more axles. The other Street” (17%) in Surrey. has changed from approximately 59,000 vehicles in 2011 traffic includes passenger vehicles, motorcycles, transit to 70,000 in 2013. vehicles, and bicycles. Regional Average Truck Split Top Ten Truck Volume Locations Emerging Traffic Trends on Major Bridges Daily Morning Peak Hour Truck Total % Trucks of Screenline Location Rank Trucks All Vehicles Trucks Trucks Highway 1 - represent represent 1 West of 176th Street 8,253 12% 2 Highway 91 - 8,169 10% 6% 6% West of No. 8 Road of overall of overall 3 Alex Fraser Bridge 8,106 8% traffic traffic Highway 1 - 4 West of North Road 7,880 8% 5 Queensborough Bridge 7,256 9% Midday Peak Hour Evening Peak Hour Trucks 6 Bridge 7,185 8% Trucks represent 7 Highway 1 - 7,114 12% represent East of 264th Street 8 Port Mann Bridge 6,852 7% 9% 5% 9 Brunette Avenue - 6,637 13% of overall of overall South of Highway 1 traffic traffic 10 George Massey Tunnel 6,474 7% (*) Data for 1995-2008 and 2012 are not shown, as counts are not available for one or more bridges in these years. Numbers are rounded. Source: Pattullo Bridge Review Study