The world with driverless cars: Heaven or hell? From Atlantic Cities: … we won’t need traffic lights at all (or stop signs, for that matter). Traffic will constantly…
Ghost lots and gas stationsVancouver now has 84 gas stations, down from 328 in 1970 – with only two left on the downtown peninsula. Brian…
Annals of Motordom – 49An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance. _________________________________________________________ . NO MORE ROADS Charles Marohn’s…
Motordom for PedestriansFrom James Kunstler’s “Eyesore of the Month“: Family Fun Walk on a nine-laner, anyone? Welcome to the Enviro Nirvana of…
STROADS and the OldAnother insightful column by Charles Marohn in Better! Cities & Towns: A STROAD is a street/road hybrid; the futon of…
Revenge of the Suburbs: Aussie EditionWhether Toronto, New York – or now Sydney, the pattern is clear: whenever the central cities decide to make decisive…
“Love the Bus” – ctd.Ian Fisher comments on the item – It’s Time to Love the Bus – in Annals of Transit below. It’s…
Annals of Transit – 8An occasional update on items from the Transit City. ______________________________________________________________ . PRESENT TENSE, PAST From Governing: America is experiencing what…
“Affordability, Sustainability, Activability” – Gord Price in North Vancouver CityThe City of North Vancouver is currently undertaking a review of its Official Community Plan – or in less bureaucratic…
Pop-Up Parks in the Post-Motordom Era – 2Over on the west coast, another pop-up park opened on March 4 – this time in Silver Lake, an inner…
Pop-Up Parks in the Post-Motordom Era – 1The Unthinkable is getting thought a lot more these days as the Impossible becomes practical: taking road space in high-traffic…
Planes, Trains, Boats and Automobiles – priorities for BCBC Business Magazine occasionally brings together a panel of experts to discuss a topic – in this case the region’s…
Just how badly do you want what you want?How badly? That’s the questiion asked at the end of a first-class piece on the population capacity of a place…
A Convenience Truth – The Tyee seriesThe Tyee is running a series authored by UBC professor of Landscape Architecture Patrick Condon drawing from the book A Convenience…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner