What Los Angeles can learn from Vancouver.
Street Heat blog had an interesting post about a recent visit to Los Angeles by former Vancouver city council member Gordon Price. Price was in LA to discuss how Vancouver managed to become a more transportation and green friendly city through planning. According to the post, by 2004 Vancouver had reduced single occupancy driving to only 30% of all car trips, compared to 70% in LA (in 2006). Not surprisingly, the major suggestions to improve LA included the (re)building of the city’s public transportation system and the move towards more dense development instead of sprawl.
It seems to us that the solutions are there for cities like LA to take and implement. Whether it be increased public rails, congestion pricing or reducing sprawl, the answers are not secrets. The key is to find leadership that can marshal resources and implement these well known solutions.
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