Annals of Cycling – 40An occasional update on items from the Velo-city. ___________________________________________________________________ . “I AM NOT A NUT JOB, I AM A CYCLIST”…
Great Spaces; Less AnguishWhile (some) North Americans celebrate the changes to the public realm in places like Times Square and the parklets of…
Annals of Walking – 5A pedestrian perspective. ______________________________________________________________ . RETROFITTING THE SUBURBS FOR WALKING It’s the challenge of our times. Researchers have spilled much…
Rees’s Precis: Human Transit’s Jarrett WalkerStephen Rees is amazing: comes to lectures, takes notes, summarizes them and has ’em posted (with comment) in less than…
One Year’s Growth: Vancouver and the Insatiable Auto (6)More quotes from my InRoads article: Consider, for instance, the growth in vehicles in Metro Vancouver. Currently, there are 1.48…
Progress on ParkingAn update on parking from about-to-retire engineer Paul Pinsker – the city’s parking bylaw dude: I was asked the other…
Big and simple, flat and square: Vancouver and the Insatiable Auto (5)More quotes from my InRoads article: Cities with good rapid-transit systems faced road congestion; cities with great freeway networks faced…
Reminder: Jarrett Walker on Human TransitThere are still some seats available for Jarrett Walker’s discussion and launch of his new book, Human Transit – Tuesday,…
Passerelle of the Month – Rotterdam TemporaryFrom Pop-Up City: The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) and Rotterdam-based architecture firm ZUS have launched the project I Make…
The Cranky Version, continuedJust in case you missed rocketsurgeon’s response to The Cranky Version: Thank you for writing on this. Before the recession…
The most important thing that never happened: Vancouver and the Insatiable Auto (4)More quotes from my InRoads article: Vancouver, Canada’s most modern city, hired consultants who … suggested that Vancouver should build…
Annals of Motordom – 46An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance. _________________________________________________________ . PRODUCT PLACEMENT Here’s an example…
A Comical View of Traffic CongestionBrent Toderian came across an interesting analysis of transportation planning in, of all places, a rebooted DC super-hero comic: In the…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner