Driving change

City staff and council members were happy with the performance of the test vehicle: it was enjoyable to drive and they reported no mechanical issues over the course of the one-year trial. [...] Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline is being proposed to run from the tar sands, across major wild salmon watersheds such as the Fraser and Skeena, to Kitimat, B. C. From there, the tar sands fuel will be loaded on to over 225 tankers a year to Asian and U. S. markets and ply the waters through the Great Bear Rainforest. [...] Cycling In the preparation of the Transportation Cycling Plan, community supports Whistler’s members articulated a Cycling Vision for the community, in which image as an active they imagined how cycling in Whistler could look and feel in the future. [...] It is the goal of the 3.5 The Resort Municipality of Whistler will work in conjunction with the Ministry of Transportation in planning and Resort Municipality of implementation of cycling improvements to Highway 99. [...] The primary reason for starting the service was to reduce the number of cars on the road and cut down on their environmental impacts.