BRITISH COLUMBIA HYDRO AND POWER AUTHORIVY
“TRANS PORTATION DIVISION
850 S.W. Marine Drive
‘Vancouver, B.C.
V6P 5Z1

7 December 1978

Mr. F.E. Peters, P. Eng,
City Engineer

City Hall

*2272 McAllister Avenue
Port. Coquitlam, B.C.
v3c 2A8

Dear Mr, Peters:
In response to your letter of 9 November 197% and subsequent
telephone enquiry, I have initiated surveys to:
1, determine usage of the bus zones on Shaughnessy at
McAllister; and

assess the impact of removing bus service from the
Rec. Centre,

results of these investigations are as follows:

There are no scheduled instances where more than two buses
at a time should occupy the zones on Shauginessy at
McAllister. If schedule times are not mate, however, it

is possible that three buses might be present at the same
time for a brief period but a survey taken on one weekday
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. did not find
any such occurrences.

A survey of vehicles parked at or in the immediate vicinity
of the Rec. Centre on two successive weekdays indicated that
about 50 vehicles per day utilize this lomtion for park and
vide, Re-routing the buses via Kingsway, telly and Maryhill
would still serve the park and ride users @ith the addition
of one or possibly two extra stops) but amess to transit
services for Rec. Centre ugers would be distinctly impaired,
especially in bad weather. Our Supervisors have not noted
any dangerous situations occurring in the Dcop, although the
presence of small children crossing in frmt of buses is always
a potential hazard in any location, and tiere have been no
reported accidents or incidents involving aur buses and
pedestrians for at least the last year.

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