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Vancouver, BC a "North" American city has had the same traffic volumes entering/exiting its downtown core since the 1960s even though the amount of jobs and peo
by Tiktaalik 10y ago
Vancouver, BC a "North" American city has had the same traffic volumes entering/exiting its downtown core since the 1960s even though the amount of jobs and people living in the area has massively increased during that time.
This was accomplished by:
1. Never building a freeway and never expanding any road capacity at all. (This is a strong disincentive to drive to downtown)
2. Building rapid transit.
3. Building residential housing in and adjacent to downtown so that people can just walk to work.
- oftenwrong 10y agoSee also: Canadian Cities American Cities: Our Differences Are the Same http://www.jtc.sala.ubc.ca/newsroom/patrick_condon_primer.pdf http://www.jtc.sala.ubc.ca/newsroom/patrick_condon_primer.pd...