Mesmerizing Maps: Bikeshare trippingFrom Vox: Bike-share systems, which make fleets of bicycles available for common use in a city (usually for a small…
Item from Ian: Falling Down in London – 2From The Guardian: The first real signs of distress in the market for luxury London apartments are starting to emerge,…
Public spaces in London and ParisThe kind of changes unimaginable not a few years ago: London – from the BBC: Oxford Street will be pedestrianised…
London Cycling AdvocacyThanks to Lisa Corriveau for this recap and reaction to SFU-sponsored talk on Cycling at the Crossroads: Advocacy, Policy and Tools…
London In Vancouver?Transport for London (TfL) has struck a deal with Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) to sell TfL’s advanced payment technology. This software integrates…
Cycling at the Crossroads: LondonCycling at the Crossroads: Advocacy, Policy and Tools for Change from London, U.K. . In the first talk, Rachel Aldred…
What an Urbanist should see in LondonThanks to Adrian Bell at TransLink, I had invitations to meet with some of the good people at Transport for…
London – Co-Housing in Old OakFrom The Guardian series: Michael Mortensen: “Strange urban dystopias? New urban nomads? Or a new connected society? Have not seen a…
Rollin’ In LondonCo-editor Gordon Price and occasional author Michael Mortensen send this from London. It looks like “the gap” is a concern…
Item from Ian: The Doomerang Generationpricetags: Astonishing how this story finds its parallels in Vancouver, San Francisco and other cities attracting world capital. The air…
Item from Ian: Vancouver on the ThamesIan: Remind anyone of Coal Harbour? (Or likely Vancouver House … or….) Almost two-thirds of homes in the Tower, a 50-storey…
Item from Ian: Housing Policy Ideas from London’s MayorIan: Thinking about Little Mountain, for instance, where there is essentially zero affordable housing added net, this kind of boldness…
Cycle Superhighway 6 at Blackfriars BridgeNow that a another piece of Cycle Superhighway 6 in London has just opened, this is what the separated route…
The Case for Rail in London: Agglomeration and social inclusionHow to make a case for spending big bucks to build rail transport? “Social inclusion” are not just nice words…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner