The New Massey Tunnel: Jevon, Marchetti & Induced DemandSomething I have been discussing with Duke of Data Andy Yan, who is Director of the City Program at Simon…
Road Violence Began 125 Years Ago: The Life & Death of Bridget DriscollIn 1896 there were very few “petrol” cars in Great Britain. Bridget Driscoll, a wife and mother of three took…
Ontario, Where as of July 1st “Speeding” over 40 km/h is “Stunt Driving” with ConsequencesIn Ontario speed has been the major factor in provincial road deaths in the last three years. The statistics also…
Dodge CEO Spins Electrification of Vehicles As “Tearing Up Streets, Not Planet”The vehicle manufacturing companies themselves are being legislatively squeezed into providing electric vehicles, but the greenwash of still being able…
Friday File-“Seven Roundabouts in One” in Swindon Great BritainRather perfect for the Friday file: here’s a roundabout that has been working for sixty years and is actually a…
Poll: Will City Council approve residential parking fees?I’m posting this at 12:30 on Monday. Half an hour ago The Daily Hive just posted this: The City of…
Coffee, Cars, Congestion and Why This Matters With climate change industries invested in making, brewing and selling coffee are realizing that the old coffee workhorse, Coffee…
Has Speed & Efficiency Always Trumped Pedestrian Safety & Convenience? Vancouver 1937 & Today I have been writing about Vancouver’s ominous placing as the first city in Canada to use the term “jaywalker”.…
Jaywalking in Canada: How Street Shaming Tamed Pedestrians“If one lives in the Canadian Pacific port and has not heard the term “jaywalker” then he or she can…
Our Real-World Experiment in TrafficImagine if some all-powerful researcher suggested that as a society we shut down a good part of the economy for…
Will you drive more or less after the pandemic?Here’s a plausible scenario in which you’ll drive more – from Slate: When the pandemic hit, Sheila worked at home.…
Getting out of the ‘free parking’ holeDaily Scot found another egregious example of what ‘free parking’ actually costs. Oh the lengths we go to for underground…
View from the 1920s: “Indian Park” and a DrivewayMichael Gordon, doing research in the bunker we call an Archives, came across “a proposal to declare the still-existing Kitsilano…
North Shore Tour 2 – Complete Streets and Lolo LanesCouncillor Tony Valente has been advocating for ‘complete streets’ even before he ran for council in the City of North…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner