Will the Evergreen Extension get as many people out of their cars as is hoped?
There are many benefits to giving up the car for transit: It's cheaper to ride public transit than own a car by several orders of magnitude, and with direct bus connections to the line, taking transit is now more seamless.
But giving up the car's personal space for public transit is a transition that will take time for some people, and having to transfer lines to get to downtown Vancouver will take some patience.
Many people might consider a multi-modal trip to shop or work downtown, parking at one of the park-and-ride locations, while others might choose to live next to a SkyTrain station to avoid driving or bus connections altogether.
Whatever the choice, it will take some time for the impact of the Evergreen Extension on local roads to be truly felt.
And it will take education, a cultural shift and a successful rollout of the system for Tri-City residents to adopt the Evergreen Extension as their main mode of travel.
