
Free Webinar with Gil Penalosa: Open Streets/Ciclovias, Equity and Public Health
Open Streets / Ciclovías. Meeting as Equals. Public Health Benefits. Join A Walk in the…

Jane’s Walk – May 6-8 (Plus special Viewpoint treat on April 30)
Jane’s Walk is a movement of free, citizen-led walking tours inspired by Jane Jacobs, hitting…

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…

Fun Facts (and Doubts) on Metro and City Growth
Some intriguing insights from the Backgrounder on Metro Vancouver Growth Projections: Our share of immigration…

Kudos to Pete Fry: Preserving bike parking
Bravo to Cllr Pete Fry for helping to preserve thousands of practical bike parking spaces. …

Draft Vancouver Plan: First Impressions
The Draft Vancouver has been released here: The first coverage is coming out. Here’s Dan…

Basel Switzerland Switches It Up for Fire Engine Siren-April Fool’s Joke on Citizens
Why do fire engine horns sound the way they do? Since World War Two electric…

Shhh – Apr 27
A virtual forum examining the health enhancing benefits of quiet green spaces. Quiet Parks and…

Free Webinar with Urbanist & Author Angie Schmitt: The Epidemic of Pedestrian Deaths
If you have not heard journalist, planner and author Angie Schmitt speak, here’s your opportunity.…

Revising the Grand Bargain – with Rob Grant
If the Grand Bargain is going to be discarded or majorly revised, there needs to…

The Antiquated 85th Percentile & Why It Is Killing American Drivers
The quickest way to find out a transportation engineer or planner has not kept current…

Free Webinar: How William Whyte Reshaped Public Life
William Whyte was an American urbanist and people watcher who was one of the first…

There’s an App for That! New Technology Turns Phone into Portable Vehicular Speed Camera
Here’s a novel twist: now you can turn your smartphone or ipad into a portable…







