Whereas the provincial government has set a Vehicle Kilometres Traveled reduction target as part of the CleanBC Roadmap to 2030, and local governments are expected to act to help achieve this important climate target; And whereas many municipalities and regional districts may not have adequate traffic count systems in place to rigorously evaluate Vehicle Kilometres Traveled reduction interventions and measure progress towards achieving this target, and that will be a financial cost to design, create and operate improved traffic count systems: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request that the provincial government support local governments to improve traffic count systems for evaluating Vehicle Kilometre Traveled reduction interventions and measuring progress towards the CleanBC Vehicle Kilometres Traveled reduction targets.
Ministry of Energy and Climate Solutions Ministry of Transportation and Transit The Province is committed to providing better on-road transportation data at the local government level, including Vehicle Kilometres Travelled VKT data. The Province continues to work with the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia ICBC on enhancing the collection of data that informs measures to promote healthy communities and the reduction of greenhouse gas GHG emissions. Additionally, the updated Community Energy and Emissions Inventory CEEI report uses a robust methodology to estimate annual vehicles emissions for every BC local government by employing multiple sources of data including vehicle population and VKT estimates. Consistent with the Provinces commitment to increased transparency through open data, ICBC provides vehicle population data on its website that can be sorted by municipality, vehicle type, or area, based on the first three characters of the postal code. The data is public and provided in a customizable, convenient online format: https:www.icbc.comabout-icbcnewsroomPagesStatistics.aspx. The Climate Action Secretariat receives this vehicle registration data with odometer readings, where collected, and conducts quality assurancequality control on the data for inclusion in the CEEI. Since 2019, ICBC has collected odometer readings from customers on a voluntary basis. The data is primarily provided by customers seeking low-kilometre discounts, which currently begin at less than 10,000 kilometres per year, for their automobile insurance. ICBC is expanding the threshold for distance-based discounts to 15,000 kilometres per year on June 1, 2025, which will increase the proportion of customers that voluntarily provide their odometer readings. As a wider subset of vehicles voluntarily report VKT, the dataset will become more representative of the entire vehicle population and fewer methodological adjustments will be needed when estimating overall community vehicle emissions. The Province has published updated CEEI on-road transportation data back to 2007 to support local governments in meeting their climate action commitments and building more affordable, healthier and connected communities. The Province is committed to continuous improvement of these data sources with data collection and analysis methods that evolve along with community needs, data sources and reporting methodologies, and with a commitment to improve the design and accessibility to provide an increasingly user-friendly experience.