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  "id": "trips-walk-bike-bus",
  "category": "Mobility",
  "title": "Share of trips made on foot, by bike or by bus, Greater Victoria",
  "geography": "CRD Growth Management Planning Area",
  "scope": "region",
  "levels": [
    "Regional (growth strategy)",
    "BC Transit and the Victoria Regional Transit Commission",
    "Municipal (streets)"
  ],
  "plain_question": "Out of every 100 trips residents make, how many are on foot, by bike or by bus?",
  "value": 29.0,
  "display_value": "29.0%",
  "unit": "of all trips, 2022 survey",
  "period": "2022 household travel survey",
  "period_start": "2022-09-01",
  "period_end": "2022-11-30",
  "comparison": {
    "previous_period": "2017 survey",
    "previous_value": 26.6,
    "change_percent": 2.4,
    "change_unit": "percentage points"
  },
  "trend": "improving",
  "direction_good": "up",
  "right_direction": "A higher share means more trips are made without a car, as the regional strategy aims for.",
  "trend_basis": "29.0% of trips in 2022 (walking 14.6%, cycling 7.9%, transit 6.5%), against 26.6% in 2017. The Regional Growth Strategy target is 42% by 2038.",
  "since_text": "Walking 14.6%, cycling 7.9%, transit 6.5%. Target 42% by 2038.",
  "caveats": [
    "From the CRD’s Origin Destination Household Travel Survey, done about every five years; the next is in 2027. The three shares are read from the labels of the CRD’s chart and added here.",
    "The CRD revised its target from 45% to 42% of all trips, to match BC Transit’s revised transit target.",
    "The 2022 survey was taken during the recovery from the pandemic, which lowered bus ridership."
  ],
  "charts": [
    {
      "title": "Share of all trips by mode, Growth Management Planning Area (%)",
      "fmt": "dec1",
      "unit": "%",
      "lines": [
        {
          "name": "Walking, cycling and transit",
          "area": "gmpa",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2001",
              "value": 21.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2006",
              "value": 20.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 22.4
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 26.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 29.0
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Walking",
          "area": "gmpa",
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            {
              "period": "2001",
              "value": 11.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2006",
              "value": 10.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 13.2
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 13.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 14.6
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Cycling",
          "area": "gmpa",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2001",
              "value": 2.6
            },
            {
              "period": "2006",
              "value": 3.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 2.7
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 5.1
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 7.9
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "name": "Transit",
          "area": "gmpa",
          "series": [
            {
              "period": "2001",
              "value": 6.9
            },
            {
              "period": "2006",
              "value": 7.0
            },
            {
              "period": "2011",
              "value": 6.5
            },
            {
              "period": "2017",
              "value": 7.8
            },
            {
              "period": "2022",
              "value": 6.5
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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          "style": "target",
          "label": "Regional Growth Strategy target: 42% of trips by walking, cycling and transit by 2038 (CRD)",
          "short": "CRD target: 42% by 2038",
          "area": "Capital Region growth management area",
          "source": "Capital Regional District, Regional Growth Strategy Indicators Report (2025 edition, report for 2024) (2025, page 24)",
          "url": "https://www.crd.ca/media/file/2025-rgs-indicators-reportpdf",
          "applies": "By 2038; no year-by-year path is published",
          "value": 42,
          "end": "Target 2038: 42%"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "series": [
    {
      "period": "2001",
      "value": 21.2
    },
    {
      "period": "2006",
      "value": 20.5
    },
    {
      "period": "2011",
      "value": 22.4
    },
    {
      "period": "2017",
      "value": 26.6
    },
    {
      "period": "2022",
      "value": 29.0
    }
  ],
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      "what": "Share of trips by walking, cycling and transit, 2001",
      "formula": "walking + cycling + transit, as labelled on the CRD chart",
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        "cycling": 2.6,
        "transit": 6.9
      },
      "result": 21.2
    },
    {
      "what": "Share of trips by walking, cycling and transit, 2006",
      "formula": "walking + cycling + transit, as labelled on the CRD chart",
      "inputs": {
        "walking": 10.0,
        "cycling": 3.5,
        "transit": 7.0
      },
      "result": 20.5
    },
    {
      "what": "Share of trips by walking, cycling and transit, 2011",
      "formula": "walking + cycling + transit, as labelled on the CRD chart",
      "inputs": {
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        "cycling": 2.7,
        "transit": 6.5
      },
      "result": 22.4
    },
    {
      "what": "Share of trips by walking, cycling and transit, 2017",
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      "inputs": {
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        "cycling": 5.1,
        "transit": 7.8
      },
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    },
    {
      "what": "Share of trips by walking, cycling and transit, 2022",
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        "cycling": 7.9,
        "transit": 6.5
      },
      "result": 29.0
    }
  ],
  "refresh_frequency": "About every five years (CRD Origin Destination Household Travel Survey; next 2027)",
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    "name": "Capital Regional District, Regional Growth Strategy Indicators Report (2025 edition)",
    "url": "https://www.crd.ca/programs-services/regional-planning/regional-growth-strategy",
    "dataset_url": "https://www.crd.ca/media/file/2025-rgs-indicators-reportpdf",
    "download_url": "https://www.crd.ca/media/file/2025-rgs-indicators-reportpdf",
    "locator": "Capital Regional District, Regional Growth Strategy Indicators Report (2025 edition), page 24, indicator 4.1a, stacked bar chart “Percentage of total trips made by walking, cycling and transit” (source: CRD Origin Destination Survey)",
    "reads": "2022: walking 14.6%, cycling 7.9%, transit 6.5%",
    "page_url": "https://www.crd.ca/media/file/2025-rgs-indicators-reportpdf#page=24",
    "page": 24
  },
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    "name": "Public data, not under an open licence. Used with attribution.",
    "url": "https://www.crd.ca/disclaimer",
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  },
  "verified_text": [
    "Achieve a transportation system that sees 42% of all trips made by walking, cycling and transit by 2038.",
    "This target has been revised from 45% to 42% of all trips",
    "2001: walking 11.7%, cycling 2.6%, transit 6.9% (chart labels)",
    "2006: walking 10.0%, cycling 3.5%, transit 7.0% (chart labels)",
    "2011: walking 13.2%, cycling 2.7%, transit 6.5% (chart labels)",
    "2017: walking 13.7%, cycling 5.1%, transit 7.8% (chart labels)",
    "2022: walking 14.6%, cycling 7.9%, transit 6.5% (chart labels)"
  ],
  "data_published": "2026-02-18",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T05:30:10Z",
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    "rule": "One rule for every measure: a change smaller than 5% of the earlier value, or smaller than the agency's own margin of error, is “About the same”; no change is calculated across a marked break in a series; homelessness estimates, prices, staffing and comparison pages are shown for context without a label.",
    "reason": "The change is 9.0% of the earlier value, at or above the 5% threshold.",
    "threshold_percent": 5.0
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      "text": "vs 2017: +2.4 points"
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