City Driving

I just realize today that all the cities I enjoyed are not car friendly. Half of my friends from New York City do not have driver’s licenses and take the cross town bus instead. My Parisian friends generally take the Métro. And my friends in Hong Kong take cabs. These cities are exciting, with pack streets and interesting architecture. Vancouver is not as densely exciting; but for a city of its age in North America, it somehow was able to resist a highway through town some years ago. It is not accidental that Vancouverites eat and drink out more than anyone else in Canada. Most people still drive but it is getting increasingly difficult. I keep hearing people complain about not enough road and parking spaces downtown. I think there should be even less of both. If people have to take public transportations and walk on the street, it will just make the city more lively and exciting, not to mention less polluted.