Highway Traffic

Following a substantial community effort and many years, Whistler has an updated Official Community Plan and Vision (OCP) that sets the course for the community into the future. Whistler Council adopted the OCP at its meeting June 23, 2020. The new vision and OCP builds on Whistler 2020, Whistler’s previous guiding policy document. Work is underway to align existing community performance indicators with the new vision and OCP. Updated 2019 data will be available in summer 2020.

Highway Traffic

The estimated 2018 annual average daily traffic in Whistler was 22,416 vehicles traveling either way, and this result is statistically lower than 2017 by 1.3%. The amount of traffic per person (living/visiting) in 2018 was the lowest since monitoring began.

Why monitor this

Annual average daily traffic on Highway 99 reflects traffic demand and also is a proxy for the potential pollution impacts from transportation to and around Whistler. Pollution impacts might include, air quality, contribution to climate change or noise pollution.