Report: “Infrastructure Crisis, Sustainable Solutions”From the Center for Sustainable Infrastructure: Infrastructure Crisis, Sustainable Solutions: Rethinking Our Infrastructure Investment Strategies distills the insights from 70 of the…
NPA: The Curious Case of the Counterflow LanesI’m posting another version of this because, given its implications, it has gone curiously unnoticed. From the NPA platform: In…
Carbon Talks: District Energy and the Private Sector – Nov 25District Energy and the Role of the Private Sector . Enter district energy: An old technology that’s enjoying a renewed…
Passerelle of the Month – Pontevedra, GaliciaWhy are the Spanish so good at this kind of thing? . Pontevedra, Galicia . Thanks to Tim Pawsey…
The Daily Durning: The Case for Free RoadsDurning chooses something contrarian – from Governing: . The Economic Case for Free Bridges and Roads by Alex Marshall . Back…
Ohrn Image: Scoff – 3Due to B.C. Hydro construction work down the alley between Richards and Homer, a flag person was stationed at the alley’s…
The best cycling infrastructure around the world – including usPenny Coupland links to this piece in The Guardian: The best cycling infrastructure as submitted by readers (as a follow-up…
Ohrn Image: Scoff – 2Just west of Trafalgar on Point Grey Road. This company could have parked their truck legally about 30 feet east, or…
Do you not find this stressful?: A Vancouverite’s experience cycling in Los AngelesBy Stephen Corwin in medium.com: When I suggested (to my Vancouver girlfriend) that we take our bikes to Koreatown, I…
NPA Platform: Questions for Kirk – 2 (on counterflow lanes)From CBC News: In a statement announcing his party’s traffic platform for the November civic election Tuesday, LaPointe promised to “ease…
Passerelle of the Future – 2: 11th Street BridgeIn September, PT posted the 11th Street Bridge competition in Washington, DC here. And now the winners: Landscape architecture firm…
NPA Platform: A Question for KirkFrom CBC News: Vancouver mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe says his rival Gregor Robertson just doesn’t understand that some people have…
Ohren Images: BollardsCity of Vancouver has added flexible bollards to several places (like this) on the new Point Grey Road. It seems…
The Daily Scot: Denver Takes Us OnExcerpts from an extensive article that Scot thinks is worth the read – especially since Denver thinks it can surpass…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner