Vancouver’s Big Moves: Transport Development in Lotusland

Anthony PERL (Simon Fraser University)

Vancouver’s development of major mobility infrastructure - expressways and rapid transit, is both unique in Canada, and also reflective of a shared Canadian approach to city-making. This presentation will explore the urban ambivalence and policy equivocation that is revealed by Vancouver’s legacy on major mobility. The evidence is drawn from “Big Moves: Global Agendas, Local Aspirations and Urban Mobility in Canada”, co-authored with Matt Hern and Jeffrey Kenworthy, and published by McGill Queen’s University Press in 2020.

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