The built environment in Canada (including stroads, strip malls and parking minimums) largely looks a lot like that in the US. I wonder what is different there that has led to this wide discrepancy?
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Some areas they are definitely ahead of us - like in fill turning Richmond BC from a car dependent suburb into a city, maybe the same in Mississauga (I'm just guessing).
The 3 largest metro areas (TOR, MTL, VAN) account for 35% of Canada's population, and look more like NE US cities in terms of street design and mode share. Other metro areas also have higher transit shares than mid-size US cities.
But canada is way far more auto dependent than other peer nation. I don't think Calgary's superior transit mode share (where cars are still by far the majority of journeys) explains it.
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But that would hardly account for the difference.
Basially there's NY, then the rest.
With Montreal, TO and Van doing well, like Boston, Chicago or Philadelphia.
but it seems like the Calgary's and Edmontons really outperform their US peer cities. Which are Columbus or Indianapolis sized.