January 10, 2012

Collective Views on Active Transportation

From SFU’s Experiential Education Project:
Re:generation – Move our City
 
Ever wonder about Vancouver rail transit in the 1950s? Or the future of automobile ownership? Or wondered what “Active Transportation” was? ….
 
Elders, Boomers, Xer’s and Young Folk Tell Their Active Transportation Stories
 
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
149 W Hastings, SFU Woodwards

Doors: 630 pm
Show: 7-10 pm

Tickets: $5-10 Sliding Scale – No one turned away.
Proceeds: Partial proceeds will be donated to Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition (VACC). 

RSVP TO RESERVE TIX: http://regeneration2012.eventbrite.com/

FEATURING AWESOME STORIES FROM: SHIFT, Modo The Car Coop and the TRANSIT MUSEUM SOCIETY

Be regaled about rail transit in Vancouver in the 1950’s + bus transit in the 1960’s. Be Inspired about a local Pedal Powered Urban Cargo Company. Be empowered by the cooperative ownership of Auto’s. 

Finally Andrea Reimer will recap the evening of sharing our city’s past innovations and project forward to paint the Greenest City Vision for how we move our city forward!

Twitter hashtags: #regeneration #greenestcity #activetransport

PARTNERS
City of Vancouver 
Greenest City Team
Simon Fraser University
BC Transit Museum
The Tyee
Gen Why Media

How different were things back in the day?  Andy Coupland sends along this plaintive ad from B.C. Electric, requesting motorists not to pick up otherwise-paying customers:

 

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