Video: Oh the Urbanity! ranks urbanist North American cities

What's the total area with both density and a large non-car commuting share?

Screenshot showing areas that qualify in Metro Vancouver

Oh the Urbanity! posted a video ranking North American cities by how urbanist they are, adding up the total area of neighbourhoods that satisfy these two thresholds:

• Density higher than 4000 people per square km (not that hard)

• More than 40% of commuters walk, bike, or take transit (harder)

It's pretty interesting to see which neighbourhoods in Metro Vancouver meet these two criteria:

• Downtown and the West End

• The Expo Line out to New West and Surrey

• The Canada Line south to Marpole and Lansdowne in Richmond

• Lougheed in Burnaby

• Guildford in Surrey

• Lonsdale Quay on the North Shore

And taking a less parochial view, it’s fascinating to see how the different cities in the top 10 compare. They also show the rest of the top 20.