UBC Off Campus Housing
Longmoor Terrace Apts4067 GranvilleVancouver, BC V1Y 3M5 |
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Where to live near UBC
The rental apartment vacancy rate in Vancouver increased to 2.1% following several years of vacancies below 1%. The rental condominium vacancy rate increased to 1.7%. Renters had an easier time finding rental accommodation in Vancouver during the fall of 2009, compared to the previous year. Higher rental apartment vacancy rates have meant that renters have more choice. Although higher than the previous year, Vancouver's vacancy rate is still below the national average and among the lowest in the country.VIEW LARGER MAP
How to Get Around UBC
Whether travelling by plane, train, ferry, helicopter, car or bus, Vancouver is a perfect place to begin your travel plans anywhere in the world.
According to the Statistics Canada, Census 2006 report, 50% of employees are still driving to work in Vancouver. This number may seem high, but it is actually the lowest number of drivers of all Canadian cities. This report also showed that 74% of people who lived and worked on the Vancouver downtown peninsula actually walked to work. Vancouver has a city-wide network of bicycle lanes and routes, which supports an active population of cyclists year-round. Cycling has become Vancouver's fastest growing mode of transportation.
Public transportation in Vancouver includes bus service (Translink), including the B-Line rapid bus service, a foot passenger and bicycle ferry service (SeaBus), an automated rapid transit service (SkyTrain - currently running on three lines, the Millennium Line, the Expo Line and the Canada Line).
SkyTrain recently completed the Canada Line which opened on August 17, 2009, connecting Vancouver International Airport and the City of Richmond with the existing SkyTrain system. Future endeavours are completing the Evergreen Line which will link the cities of Coquitlam and Port Moody with the existing SkyTrain system by 2014. There are also plans to extend the SkyTrain Millennium Line west to UBC as a subway under Broadway and capacity upgrades and an extension to the Expo Line.
Other modes of transport add to the diversity of options available in Vancouver. Inter-city passenger rail service is operated from Pacific Central Station by VIA Rail to points east; Amtrak Cascades to Seattle; and Rocky Mountaineer rail tour routes. Small passenger ferries operating in False Creek provide commuter service to Granville Island, Downtown Vancouver and Kitsilano.
Vancouver International Airport (YVR), Canada's second busiest airport and the second largest gateway on the west coast of North America for international passengers, is located just south of the city limits in the City of Richmond. HeliJet and float plane companies operate scheduled air service from Vancouver harbour and YVR south terminal. The city is also served by two BC Ferry terminals. One in the northwest at Horseshoe Bay (in West Vancouver), and the other to the south at Tsawwassen (in Delta).
Other locations to consider
West Vancouver (10 km), North Vancouver (10 km), North Vancouver District, Burnaby (10 km), New Westminster (25 km), Richmond (10 km), Delta (27 km), Surrey (30 km), Coquitlam (26 km), Port Coquitlam (31 km), Maple Ridge (45 km), Abbotsford (68 km), Mission (69 km), Chilliwack (103 km), US Border (Blaine - 50 km), Victoria (69 km),Hope (150 km), Merritt (271 km), Kamloops (355 km), Kelowna (395 km)