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Apr. 06, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File~Bollards to Slow Traffic Removed Because they Slowed Traffic

In the kind of story that reminds how much motordom dominates over pedestrian safety and comfort , The Toronto Star reports that…
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Apr. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Proposed Casino Motors to Delta Council

Meanwhile South of the Fraser River where the 20th century rhetoric of motordom and industrialization reign supreme, Gateway Casinos soldiers…
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Mar. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Uber, Autonomous Vehicles, And "Edge Cases" in Arizona

While the rush to get autonomous vehicles onto the road and testing has meant that many jurisdictions have relaxed their…
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Mar. 21, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Autonomous Vehicle Kills Pedestrian Walking with a Bike

With a death of a pedestrian the seemingly relentless march forward of autonomous vehicles has taken a pause as reported by…
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Feb. 27, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A Tale of Road Pricing in Three Cities

What can London, Stockholm and Singapore teach New York City and other places considering  congestion pricing? The New York Times explores how…
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Feb. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Autonomous Vehicle Research & the use of Pedestrian Wrist Buzzers

It is really hard to believe that a group of researchers would be examining this issue, and even harder to…
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Feb. 08, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Running Red Lights in Richmond!

Since September 23, four pedestrians have died on Richmond Streets. The Richmond News has now posted a very troubling YouTube video of drivers…
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Feb. 08, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Rail to Where? Abbotsford!

  When Henry Braun, the Mayor of Abbotsford was 14 years old the Highway 1 freeway was built.  As he…
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Feb. 01, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Road Violence, Speed Enforcement and The City of Delta's Vision Zero Approach

There are four main elements to protecting the lives of vulnerable users of the street system. Vulnerable users are defined…
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Feb. 01, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

With Autonomous Vehicle Testing, Waymo is Way Ahead

The California Department of Motor Vehicles have just released some new statistics on test autonomous vehicles (AV’s)  operating in that…
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Jan. 25, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Officer, the Autonomous Car Caused the Crash.

It is not a good thing to smash your Tesla into the back of a parked fire truck on San…
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Jan. 24, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Public Art and the City~Montreal and the Snow DeLorean

If you have lived in the snowy parts of Canada you will be familiar with the requirement to move your…
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Jan. 22, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Getting Old,Giving up the Car and Why Ride Share May be Important

As cities mature and the population ages, the classic use of cars as the main way to get places is…
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Jan. 19, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File~ Veronica Moss, Auto Lobbyist

From StreetsBlog comes this cameo from  Saturday Night Live actress Kate McKinnon depicting Auto Lobbyist Veronica Moss. As StreetsBlog observes:…

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