The Museum of Vancouver is holding a Talk and Tour event this Thursday as part of the programming around their current exhibition Your Future City which looks at development, density and the future of the place we call home. A Desire for Mobility promises to take a look at the history of past freeway plans, current remnants and future visions, with the Manager of Traffic and the Director of Transportation from the City of Vancouver.
In the mid-20th century, Vancouver was an infant city. Planners and engineers faced challenges on how to accommodate people’s desire for increased mobility. It was a time where cities were experiencing massive growth in automobile travel; projections were showing this was going to continue to increase. Plans to accommodate this growth through the introduction of a freeway network were developed. Cities throughout the world were modifying transit infrastructure, demolishing buildings and building infrastructure to accommodate the automobile. A local grass roots movement of citizens rallied to obstruct the freeway plan. Some components, however, were built. A few of the current legacies of this era can be seen through the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts and buildings at the foot of Granville Street.
Join Lon LaClaire and Steve Brown on this Thursday for a journey through time, from the 1970s to the present, examining what was driving the decisions for freeway development. This presentation will review how transportation planning has changed to achieve mobility goals and offer an overview of two current initiatives that aim to bridge the gap between 1970s transportation development and the present. A guided tour through Your Future Home (a must visit!) will follow.
Date: February 4
Time: 7:00 pm
Tickets: General $15 | Seniors, Students, Youth $11 Register here.
