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This is an incredibly crude metric, compared to I dunno WalkScore data or something. But hey.
I have been in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, and Vancouver. The cities proper seem passably livable without a car -- maybe not every area, but at least a large chunk of them, similar to Chicago or Boston. Mix of walkability and decent transit. The four cities add up to 14% of the Canadian population. Doesn't sound like much, but 14% of the US would be 46 million people.
US cities that likewise seem passably carless: NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland. Adding up to a whopping 16 million people, or 4.8% of the population.
This is just summing the population of the cities proper, not suburbs or adjacent cities. So not including Cambridge or Oakland, but also not Richmond or Surrey (Canada). Also not including any place I haven't been, like Minneapolis or Victoria. Also not including people who hide out in city centers e.g. central Los Angeles without a car (which you can do! and reach a lot! but you'll miss a lot of LA, too.)
So I would take the percentages I derived with a lot of salt. But I suspect the *ratio* of the percentages between Canada and the US is more reliable.
I have been in Montreal, Quebec City, Toronto, and Vancouver. The cities proper seem passably livable without a car -- maybe not every area, but at least a large chunk of them, similar to Chicago or Boston. Mix of walkability and decent transit. The four cities add up to 14% of the Canadian population. Doesn't sound like much, but 14% of the US would be 46 million people.
US cities that likewise seem passably carless: NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, DC, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland. Adding up to a whopping 16 million people, or 4.8% of the population.
This is just summing the population of the cities proper, not suburbs or adjacent cities. So not including Cambridge or Oakland, but also not Richmond or Surrey (Canada). Also not including any place I haven't been, like Minneapolis or Victoria. Also not including people who hide out in city centers e.g. central Los Angeles without a car (which you can do! and reach a lot! but you'll miss a lot of LA, too.)
So I would take the percentages I derived with a lot of salt. But I suspect the *ratio* of the percentages between Canada and the US is more reliable.