Canadian Sprawl and Electrified Transit: For All? pt. 1By Dr. David Sadoway Viewpoint Vancouver Writer in Residence I used to hyperventilate about the poor state of Canadian urban…
Winner: Best Bus Stop in America, 2022It’s in Portland, Maine: Portland, Maine has been crowned the winner of our America’s Best Bus Stops contest for 2022 ……
How Japan Encourages Independent, Free Roaming Children in their CitiesI have talked about the popsicle test for neighbourhoods, where your neighbourhood is connected, safe and convenient. In that test…
Edmonton Closes 15 of 18 Public Washrooms at Transit StationsI have been writing about the lack of public washrooms in Vancouver, and Gordon has posted this video by CBC…
Before the Draft Vancouver Plan of Today: The CityPlan of the 1990’s.You would think from some of the media reports that there has not been an overall city plan for Vancouver…
Kudos to Pete Fry: Preserving bike parkingBravo to Cllr Pete Fry for helping to preserve thousands of practical bike parking spaces. From The Sun: In a…
Basel Switzerland Switches It Up for Fire Engine Siren-April Fool’s Joke on CitizensWhy do fire engine horns sound the way they do? Since World War Two electric sirens have been used for…
The Antiquated 85th Percentile & Why It Is Killing American DriversThe quickest way to find out a transportation engineer or planner has not kept current with work and research is…
There’s an App for That! New Technology Turns Phone into Portable Vehicular Speed CameraHere’s a novel twist: now you can turn your smartphone or ipad into a portable speed camera, proving how fast…
Planning Transit in Canada as if Women Riders Mattered: Transit for Women SurveyLast week Viewpoint Vancouver wrote about the study produced by the Technical University of Dublin researchers who concluded that addressing…
Want to Get Women Walking & On Public Transit? Address SafetyThere’s a new research study from the Technical University of Dublin that shows that TransLink is going in the right…
Patio Program & Pop-Up Plazas Continue, But How do Vancouver’s Pandemic Slow Streets Fold In?During the pandemic the City of Vancouver did some initiatives in a fairly nimble fashion. The City allowed restaurants who…
Shortage of Long-Haul Truck Drivers Solved by Driverless Technology?Do you know where the first autonomous driving truck was driven and what it carried? In 2016 two thousand cases…
Back to the Massey Crossing, Where Provincial Minority Liberals Still Want A BridgeThe provincial Liberals have elected a new leader Kevin Falcon, who in February wasted no time in announcing that the…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner