Time for Vancouver to Tear Down Its Viaducts?

[Migrant_Coconut]

Heh, step away from the keyboard for just half a day...

Originally Posted by MIPS

That congestion is entirely the fault of the original redevelopment objection. It is not the fault of the viaduct itself being poorly designed or shortcomings brought on due to age.

Originally Posted by VancouverOfTheFuture

ironically, this would have solved all their problems. traffic off the streets, below grade, and away from their houses/kids/etc.

Kind of a moot point, unless we're ready to raze Produce Way and the Expo Line (which we aren't). Not much point yelling over spilled milk.

Originally Posted by Vin

It doesn't matter if they can or cannot make it to the top 50. The issue at hand is that we are dropping every year while others are replacing us. Yes, we may have started out strong (from previous policies), but we have become complacent. People should recognize the fact.

Mercer's, etc measure cities based on attractiveness to expats, and uses stuff like access to opera houses and free university as key metrics - that's why Zurich keeps topping the list despite being many times more stuffy and boring than Vancouver could ever be, and why NYC, London and Tokyo are inexplicably in the lower 40s. As with the Oscar shortlist, the top ten/twenty/fifty is sometimes more important than the actual winner.