Course:VANT149/2020/Capstone/Arts/Team19
BIOGRAPHIES
Haoyue Zhou
My name is Haoyue Zhou. I am from Vantage Arts College in UBC, and I am a member of research group 19. I am now a first-year undergraduate student in Bachelor of Arts at UBC, and I am planning to study theatre and film studies in future years. One of my hobbies is travelling, and this research of sustainability transportation, particularly the Canada Line, provides me more information about the topic, which may greatly help me in future travel in Vancouver and other places.
Zixin Tang
My name is Zixin Tang from Vantage Collage in the UBC, and I am also one of the members of Group 19. My hobbies are not very extensive, but I am very passionate about all activities that can be integrated into nature, such as picnics, mountain climbing and so on. Another hobby I had is photography. I like to record scenarios I enjoyed in a photographic way, and these photos can also be used as my memories when I am getting older.
Icey Wu
My name is Jiaojiao Wu, but you can also call me Icey. I am an international student in UBC, also one member of Group 19 in VANT149. This is my first year in Vancouver. At here, the Canada Line becomes my main mode of travel.
Through this project, I have an opportunity to get in-depth understanding about the Canada Line as well as the relationship between it and sustainable development.
Fiona Feng
My name is QIQI Feng and my preferred name is Fiona. I am an international student study in UBC, and it is my first-year study and live in Vancouver. In our daily life, we always need use Canada Line as our travel tool. As one member of group 19 in VANT 149, I have opportunity to have deep understanding between sustainable development based on the research. We hope that project can help to improve the Canada Line system to make it more sustainable and have contribution to the development of the entire city.
ABSTRACT
To better achieve the goal of sustainability which refers to the ability of development in the long term in social, economic, and environmental aspects, which is a reaction to the tendency in decision making (Litman, 2006), our research is devoted to study the specific area about the sustainable development in the Vancouver Skytrain. Compared with the previous research which just presents the normal introduction about the sustainability of transportation, we will concentrate on the attitudes of international students, especially from the aspects of environment, economics, and society.
AIM
The aim of this research is to examine how Vancouver Skytrain can be made more efficient and sustainable based on the existing literature on transportation sustainability. The outcomes of this study would indirectly provide help to related companies in developing the system of the Vancouver Skytrain and bring merits to the passengers. In other words, we hope that this study will be combined with the content of the course to help Vancouver's sustainable transportation development and urge everyone to choose public transportation as a travel tool.
PROCEDURES
we will concentrate on the attitudes of international students, especially from the aspects of environment, economics, and society. And based the survey data, we will code it using the survey software, ‘Qualtrics’, and then have a further analysis for your response.
DATA ANALYSIS
Under 96% of the 27 survey participants who have taken the Canada Line, or own their bus passes, over 81% of the participants enjoy the journey of using the Canada Line as transportation. From the three aspects, including environmental, social, and economic sustainability, we can find that only 55.56% of the total 27 participants are satisfied with the economic sustainability of Canada Line. Meanwhile, participants who satisfied with the society and environment sustainability share similar average percentage. Overall, almost 70% of the 27 participants are satisfied with the Canada Line.
CONCLUSION
According to the survey answers, the Canada Line reaches the sustainability by being efficient, convenient, rapid, and cheap; however, it still need to add more lines and stops, add more detailed information about the train, be more efficient, lower the price, and change the strategy of charging to promote the development of its sustainability.