Originally Posted by
Ekdog
Does anyone out there live in Vancouver? It looks like they're doing a lot of things right there: building protected bike lanes, investing in mass transit, encouraging multi-modal commuting... Sounds like a lovely place to LCF or LCL.
Vancouver's Active Transit Success Explained - CityLab
Good post!
I had no idea Vancouver was such a great place for the carfree! I spent an hour using Google to Zoom in on the West End and downtown and general. All I can say is Wow!
Although they discarded their trolley cars, they're still using electric trolley buses. The have an elevated driverless lightrail system that circles a good portion of the town. I'm impressed.
There was a bridge that had pedestrian walk ways on both sides but they still took an additional TWO car lanes to build bike lanes! We need that kind of thinking in the states!
Public transit was slightly more per ride than New York. However, if they really want to increase ridership, Vancouver should introduce a monthly pass like New York City. We saw transit use nearly double in 20 years with the introduction of the monthly MetroCard.