the people who own property have more political influence and they don't want more housing. they have been voting against development for 30+ years. why would they miraculously become pro development?
Wow, another fantastically researched article that thinks building more houses will solve the problem. Thank goodness houses take up no space, are central to where people want to be, won't cause traffic issues and scale with the population!
Vancouver really isn't that big. It's also really well-connected by transit. Currently, only downtown is dense (and some small pockets around SkyTrain stations), though that's been slowly improving with new developments.
See: New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Tokyo
Sorry if I’m confused, but are you suggesting housing doesn’t scale with population and traffic? Without new housing prices and traffic will only get worse with people sprawling further out for fewer units.