I don’t think suburbia is impossible to undo, it’s just difficult and like pulling teeth politically. Zoning needs to be opened up in suburbia to allow home owners to upgrade their property to mixed use light-commercial and multiplex IF they want. This would allow for change as it’s needed and population pressure increases.
You’d have to be willfully ignorant to not recognize the incredible population growth in Surrey and Langley. Smart development would have transit in place before the homes get built, so that the growth can be directed with transit in mind, rather than car-centric suburban sprawl, which is impossible to undo once it’s built.
Really, what needs to change is the anemic funding and governance model that has everyone squabbling for funding and priority. In Hong Kong, for example, the MTR Corporation gets into the real estate business, so that it captures the increase in land value in the places where it builds the rail network.
I don’t think suburbia is impossible to undo, it’s just difficult and like pulling teeth politically. Zoning needs to be opened up in suburbia to allow home owners to upgrade their property to mixed use light-commercial and multiplex IF they want. This would allow for change as it’s needed and population pressure increases.