We have decent transit, and bike lanes everywhere. Unlike the US, many people are happy not to own cars and there are at least 4 major car shares and as of the

We have decent transit, and bike lanes everywhere. Unlike the US, many people are happy not to own cars and there are at least 4 major car shares and as of the last few months, a new bike share with convenient availability (albeit we're quite late to get one after Montreal and Toronto have had theirs for years). Many of those who do drive carpool. A lot of people also live right downtown, as we have far more residential buildings in our downtown core than most cities. Vancouver is a very centralized, dense, metropolitan city which probably has more in common with New York than Seattle, but much newer and cleaner. I still get annoyed by traffic, as I can remember when there was barely any back in the 90's. But then every time I drive down to Seattle, I realize how good we have it in comparison.