Vancouver is a prime laboratory for defeating the ills caused by ‘over-parking.’
Frances Bula 13 Jan 2021 | Sightline Institute
Vancouver-based Frances Bula covers urban issues and politics with a focus on housing and homelessness. She writes for the Globe and Mail, BCBusiness and Vancouver magazine. Find her on Twitter @fabulavancouver. SHARES An end to cities where cars have more guarantees of secure housing than people do?
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When Biliana Velkova and her husband bought a loft in a building on former industrial land near Vancouver’s downtown core last summer, they knew they weren’t going to get a parking stall with it. But that didn’t matter to them. It was the area and the price that were the prime factors in their decision.