What I Learned: World-Class Roads for B.C.Just back from a panel on “Innovative Design and Development for World-Class Roadways for B.C.” (One of several cross-Canada events…
Video: Andrew Coyne lecture for “Rethinking Transportation”Andrew Coyne’s February 25 lecture, “Easing Congestion in Metro Vancouver: Prices without Subsidies“. . And while we’re here, for your…
The View from ’56: Thoughts on the Short-Term Future of Transportation PlanningI wrote the original of this essay back in the 1990s, and then submitted an update to Plan Canada, the magazine…
The Risk of Risk: Canada Line and MotordomFrance Bula does an even-handed article – How Vancouver’s Olympic Legacy Is Shaping the Future of Transit – for ULI’s UrbanLand…
Lecture: Andrew Coyne on “Easing Congestion in Metro Vancouver: Prices Without Subsidies” – Feb 25The SFU City Program, thanks to support from TransLink, is able to offer a first-class line-up of speakers on the…
Dude, Where are my Toll-Paying Cars? – 3: “New Forecasts, Same Delusion”Here’s the post in the Sightline Daily that more fully explains Clark Williams-Derry analysis of forecast traffic on the Port…
Dude, Where are my Toll-Paying Cars? – 2: Wishful thinking on the Port MannWhat do the revised Port Mann revenue forecasts mean for traffic? Clark Williams-Derry at the Sightline Institute compares past and…
Dude, Where are my Toll-Paying Cars? – Port Mann joins the watch listLess than a month ago, PT was wondering whether the Port Mann would be joining the growing list of toll roads,…
Poll on road-pricing and fairness: Would North Shore commuters pay tolls?Road pricing is the flavour of the month – the idea that drivers would pay a charge based on distance driven,…
Road pricing: What’s not to love?My op-ed in today’s Sun: Opinion: ‘Free’ streets, highway network an illusion One researcher has determined there are at least…
Portugal’s Ghost Roads (and maybe New Zealand’s)Road traffic has fallen more in Portugal than in any other European country in the past 15 months. Financial Times…
Annals of Motordom – 70: Another kind of toll … Black-box pricing … NACTO guideAn occasional update on items from Motordom – the world of auto dominance ______________________________________________________________ EVIDENCE OF THE SELF-EVIDENT From…
Sightline: British Columbia’s Traffic DelusionYes, it’s Motordom #Fail here at Price Tags. This time Sightline Institute researcher Clark Williams-Derry (whose must-read series “Dude, Where…
Motordom #Fail: Another Missed ForecastCall it the Golden Ears Bridge phenomenon, in which toll revenue based on forecasted (and unrealized) traffic is overestimated, resulting…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner