The original Walkscore came out in 2007: Three Seattle uber-hackers, Jesse Kocher, Matt Lerner, and Mike Mathieu, built this addicting…

An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance ______________________________________________________________   SINGAPORE SECRETS In every lecture,…

The first part of “Madness” was about the infamous ten-day traffic jam in Beijing last August.  Then there were the…

Jean Chong makes a fascinating point in her post documenting monuments to Chinese-Canadian railway workers:  At different times during the 1960’s-1970’s,…

An occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance ______________________________________________________________   THE WAR ON THE CAR…

An occasional update on items from the Velo-city. ________________________________________________________________________   HEADWARE AND BIKESHARE Damon Rao sends along this item from…

You can now reserve a space for the Mia Birk lecture on January 26 at SFU Harbour Centre. Mia Birk,…

Mark Hume penned a paen to Vancouver’s waterfront in the Globe last week: The stunning waterfront walkway clearly is one…

Haven’t had one of these for awhile: Construction of the Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge is set to begin this month …

Once again, Jarrett Walker nails it: I think that the potential for organized activism and fellow-feeling is easier among a…

An occasional update on items from the Velo-city. ________________________________________________________________________   EUROS PER CUPCAKE S.B. Godfrey sends along this cool little Dutch…

If I were in the fundamentalist preaching biz, looking around God’s creation for signs of His intentions, wrathful and otherwise,…

Re: Your position on light rail.  Namely: “There’s no point in using light-rail; that would only slow traffic.” You might…

Lisa Margonelli writes in The Atlantic: Consider the city of Atlanta, where the average commute length is 39.4 miles each…