Quote:
Originally Posted by Tinordi
Traffic really isn't a problem if you live in the city. Vancouver has good transit and you can bike pretty much anywhere.
|
Traffic really isn't a problem if you live inner city Calgary either. Either your commute to downtown is very short or chances are you're going counter flow.
Statistics don't support the notion that Vancouver vastly outperforms Calgary in mode share - ie that it's much more transit/bike/walk friendly:
Here's the breakdown for commutes within each CMA from the census (06 - the '11 census is useless thanks to the Conservatives)
Vancouver:
Vehicle (driver & passenger) 74%
Transit 17%
Walk/Cycle 8%
Other 1%
Calgary:
Vehicle (driver & passenger) 76%
Transit 16%
Walk/Cycle 7%
Other 1%
Of course it's no surprise that Calgary's most walkable locations are seeing the greatest bump in real estate value -
http://www.calgaryherald.com/busines...851/story.html