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Originally Posted by misher
Honestly how can things go down when we keep expanding? It’s insane to expect land values to go down now that Amazon is opening up HQ2 here, 10’s of billions of debt funded projects are about to enrich the pockets of many locals, immigration is at an all time with most stopping in Vancouver, and more schools opening/expanding which will increase international enrollment.
Not to mention on the federal side they are making it easier to take on more debt to buy a home.
Honestly instead of trying to reverse course the government needs to take action now and build rental towers by transit stations for all the working locals. We should aim for 10,000 rentals within a 2 block radius of every skytrain station by 2040.
As you see in most land constrained major cities worldwide towers are the key to allowing people to live and work nearby. In downtown Vancouver a lot of people are able to live without owning a car because food, work, clothing, etc. are all within a few blocks of transit.
Upzoning just pushes more cars on the road unless it’s near a transit station.
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I mean, TOD in the Upper Levels is harder, but not impossible. The area past 800m is a flattish plateau, which should allow for a grid bus structure, connected to a gondola connecting to Ambleside.
Most of the areas not under either the ALR and not being developed are pretty far from any services to begin with (like Silver Valley and Stave Lake). My question is whether developing those places are worse than the Upper Levels. I guess from a Transportation perspective- but it’s still horrible in Stave Lake. Upper Levels is closer to Vancouver and existing services.