Editing Transit-oriented development (section)

=====Vancouver, British Columbia=====
Vancouver has a strong history of creating new development around its [[SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] lines<ref name="BC Business">{{cite web|title=Why TransLink is a Leader in Transit-Oriented Development|url=https://www.bcbusiness.ca/why-translink-is-a-leader-in-transit-oriented-development|website=BC Business|date=April 15, 2016 |access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref> and building regional town centres at major stations and transit corridors.<ref name="CityLab">{{cite web|last1=Bula|first1=Frances|title=Vancouver's Canada Line Is a Model of Transit-Oriented Development|url=https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2014/02/vancouvers-canada-line-model-transit-oriented-development/8437/|website=CityLab|publisher=Citiscope|access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref> In addition, the [[Government of British Columbia]] has legislated policy that all development within 800m of rail, and within 400m of bus interchanges, must be high density.<ref>{{Cite web |title=B.C. government introduces bill encouraging creation of more housing near transit hubs |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-legislation-transit-hubs-1.7023133}}</ref> Of note is the [[Metrotown, Burnaby|Metrotown]] area of the suburb of [[Burnaby]], [[British Columbia]] near the [[Metrotown station|Metrotown SkyTrain Station]]. The areas around stations have spurred the development of billions of dollars of high-density real estate, with multiple high-rises near the many stations,<ref name="BC Business"/><ref name="CityLab"/> prompting concerns about rapid [[Gentrification of Vancouver|gentrification]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Jones|first1=Craig|title=Transit-Oriented Development and Gentrification in Metro Vancouver's Low-Income SkyTrain Corridor|journal=Neighbourhood Change|date=July 2015|url=http://neighbourhoodchange.ca/documents/2015/07/vancouvers-skytrain-corridor.pdf|access-date=6 March 2018}}</ref>