Kelowna 2014 - 'K Town' - Disgusting - YouTube

Kelowna and the Okanagan Valley are not immune from litter, garbage and pollution caused by motor vehicles. Driving in from the airport to Kelowna the litter along the side of the road is disgusting.... As a matter of fact - Kelowna is one of the most car-dependent cities in Canada; it has the second highest per-capita carbon footprint attributed to on-road transportation in BC.... A recent TAC report showed that Kelowna has the highest per capita ownership of light duty vehicles (second highest for heavy duty vehicles) of the 33 Canadian municipalities reviewed. The same study identified Kelowna as having the second highest number of daily trips per capita. In conjunction with the 80% SOV commuting mode, Kelowna is demonstrably car dependent. All these have resulted in making on-road transportation emissions the largest source of greenhouse gases in Kelowna, accounting for over 65% of all GHG emissions in 2007. * TAC Sustainable Urban Transportation Award Submission Now imagine Kelowna in 20, 50 and 100 years. With agricultural land being devoured by developers, roads and traffic increasing, this kind of growth is not healthy or sustainable. And with due respect to the planners, with the haphazard way Kelowna is expanding, mass transit will not be the answer. That's why people already use their vehicles for getting around this city.