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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Here's an article that explains Vancouver's innitiatves to stop urban sprawl:
http://www.planetizen.com/node/25322
Basically, it describes how at first building a network of freeways was nixed. This did not completely kill urban growth because many of the outlying communities in Greater Vancouver did not buy in to it.
Later Vancouver started to disallow room for parking vehicles, building new roads, and even widening existing roads all in an attempt to build higher density neighbourhoods that are more pedestrian friendly than commuter friendly.
There is actually a lot on this if you do a google search. Many cities are using Vancouver as a model is how to densify their urban core. |
funny...now you have a city that has 24hr rushhour and a place were your average working family cannot afford to own their own property....A friend of mine who works downtown Vancouver says most of her coworkers have 1.5 hrs commutes because they have to live in Pitt Meadows for affordable place to live...
Just having any sort of event like the Fireworks competition causes a nightmare....in the innercity ...
btw i dont think any city in North America can come close to Calgary's pathway system...in Vancouver the bike paths are on the roads....
You may say Calgary and Vancouver are opposite end of the spectrums..but neither ideal seemed to solve anything...
btw if anyone here has lived in Calgary more than 5 years, you may have noticed a city that is starting to change..many many condo highrises have gone up in the last 10 years...just look at the west end none of that was there in the mid-90's....but at the end of the day its about demand...people still want there house and yard...that may have something to do with the demographics in Calgary being quite different from Vancouver