Olympic green effect

On Monday, Vancouver airport was going to experience its busiest day in

history with 39,000 travelers. If we assumed an average flight distance of

5,000 km per passenger (conservative estimate), yesterday flights would be

the equivalent of 7,000 cars on the road for a year...

So what can be green about the Olympic?

The green effect could be more a local one. Vancouver Olympic Committee made

the car drivers life hard during the past two weeks in downtown Vancouver.

Many park meters were shut down, fees were increased and public parking were

charging up to $100/day. Some roads and viaduct were closed. Olympic ticket

holders had free access to public transportation. The number of buses were

boosted. A tramway was shipped from Europe to link the Canada line to

Granville Island. The end results was that buses, sky train, subway were

jammed packed with people. Robson Street and Granville street were vibrant

and packed with pedestrians. Vancouverites, athletes and tourists

experiences something amazing, Vancouver was truly a live city!

Would this past two weeks give the taste to Vancouverites of what could be a

world not dominate by car and parking lot? I hope so. Some c*ouncillors* in

the City of Vancouver are trying to make some of the changes permanent!

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