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Metro Vancouver commuters consider voting with their feet over traffic turmoil

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Since 2017 more British Columbians have been moving out of Metro Vancouver to elsewhere in the province than coming into the megalopolis.

Metro Vancouver is now the fourth most dense region in North America , after New York , Toronto and San Francisco .

Transit trip times across Metro Vancouver are now on average 8.5 per cent slower than in 2013 .

B.C. government expanding Trans-Canada from Langley to Abbotsford .

Metro Vancouver is the fourth -most dense region in North America .

Some planners say commuting times could be reduced if Vancouver stopped hogging jobs.

Others suggest reducing bottlenecks by building more dispersed transit networks.

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77

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78

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English

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59

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short-lived

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