Wednesday night I attended the first meeting of this committee. I was one of 20 people selected from 67 applicants. We'll be contributing to the development of the Vancouver - UBC transit area plan in combination with staff from the city of vancouver and translink. Quite a diverse group with a lot of planners, transportation experts and generally interested people. Most of the meeting was introductions and goals for the committee and a stack of reading to work on for next time. Kind of group where you throw a stick and hit a planner. Good people to know and get an idea if this is something I really want to do. I love thinking about cities and how they work so should be a pretty intellecgtually interesting experience - - especially since the RAV line was voted down on Friday so transit options are now in flux.