.@tanyapazzy Highlights of Our Evening with JSK @JSadikKhan @pricetags #vanpoli #bikeyvrOn Tuesday I cracked myself up in prep for an evening with Janette Sadik-Khan (JSK), former NYCDOT Transportation Commissioner and author…
#BDGT16 Transit TeaserThere was much anticipation before the federal budget was unlocked yesterday. Many of us were particularly interested in how much…
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.“If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” This was something a planning professor of mine once told me…
Climate Change — Be Bolder . . .. . . says the Economist. Today’s measures and tools may not be adequate, and a much more radical approach…
World Premiere: "Seacycles"A stunning visual portrait of the new bike route from Burrard Bridge to Point Grey Road, by Kathleen Corey and…
The Future of the Southern Tier: Motordom without a voteFurther to the item below, the impacts of transportation on the quality of life for one of the most affluent…
Transit Theology: Origins of SkyTrainI know that just by quoting from Charlie Smith’s latest piece in The Straight – Bombardier brings Canadian grit and French glamour…
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 Post-Sustainability Era: What Price Tags said in AucklandHere’s where I’ve been for the last fortnight. Speaking at events in Auckland, New Zealand. The most significant was at…
Dumb Idea of the Year: SkyCycleAnd the year is only six days old. . It’s going to be a challenge to beat this one: The…
Big E (cont'd) – Dept. of Irony, sea-level division@UrbanEdm makes a good point in response to my post “Big E: Will defensive engineering determine how we adapt to…
Big E: Will defensive engineering determine how we adapt to climate change?The big job this century will be how we respond to the impacts of climate change – especially since our generation…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner