According to Tom Vanderbilt in his walking series in Slate: Contrary to what you might expect, escalators do not actually…

Jane’s Walk 2012 – May 5 & 6 – Experience your city “Get out and walk” in the footsteps of Jane…

A pedestrian perspective. ______________________________________________________________ . UPDATE: GASTOWN WALKING TOUR The Vancouver Heritage Foundation Walking Tour series starts this Friday, April 13th…

” … creeping like overgrown ivy across the city streetscape. “ So begins an article in the New York Times. …

A pedestrian perspective. ______________________________________________________________ . THE WALKING WARS From the Sidewalk Ballet: … behind Nanaimo’s City Hall you encounter the…

Not something you would have seen as the lead in the homes section of a major newspaper – this one…

A pedestrian perspective. ______________________________________________________________ . THE WALKABLE CEMETERY A new year of tours at Mountain View Cemetery:    First tours on…

From James Kunstler’s “Eyesore of the Month“: Family Fun Walk on a nine-laner, anyone? Welcome to the Enviro Nirvana of…

Whether Toronto, New York – or now Sydney, the pattern is clear: whenever the central cities decide to make decisive…

The City of North Vancouver is currently undertaking a review of its Official Community Plan – or in less bureaucratic…

A pedestrian perspective. ______________________________________________________________ . A GHETTO APP? From NPR: Microsoft is under fire this week over a patent it…

I had a chance to meet Tom Gihring of International Planning Consulting in Portland a few months ago.  He had…

A pedestrian perspective. ______________________________________________________________ . RETROFITTING THE SUBURBS FOR WALKING It’s the challenge of our times. Researchers have spilled much…

From SFU’s Experiential Education Project: Re:generation – Move our City   Ever wonder about Vancouver rail transit in the 1950s?…