Dropping Traffic and Future Congestion at OakridgeI mentioned in the post below on Brentwood that “it’s this type of development that actually may reduce car use.…
Annals of Cycling – 124: Bike-sharing … Cyclodeo … Good-looking Bikers. THE BIKE-SHARING ERA From Next City: This chart tracks the global increase in bike-share bikes from 2000 to 2013.…
Department of Irony: A Warning for Our TimesI’m pretty sure this is meant to be ironic. Hey, it’s contemporary art, isn’t it? This work is on the side of the…
A Tale of Two Centres: Transit is the KeyMy latest Business in Vancouver column: Building better Metro Vancouver transit is the key to revitalizing the region’s major malls…
Fantasy TOD: How Developers Market TransitTOD is Transit-Oriented Development – a term used more in the States than here. Technically: “… a mixed-use residential and commercial…
Best performance by a government agency in 2011And the winner is – TransLink! From January through October, 2011, the number of revenue rides was 192.1 million –…
Canada Line Undersized?A story in the Globe today on expansion of Canada Line service: The Canada Line is increasing the intensity of…
Transport RevolutionWhat, asks transportation consultant Todd Litman, has been the biggest vehicular breakthrough of recent decades? This: Wheels on luggage. Rolling…
Everyone’s a criticI’m a big fan of public art, particularly when I’m in transit – literally in the case of the Canada…
Induced FitnessThe Canada Line is undersized. And maybe that’s a good thing. As this Buzzer pic of Canada-Line construction at City Centre…
The ALO Triangle – Aberdeen[The third of a series. Start here.] It may be one-and-a-half times as long as the route from Lansdowne Station, but…
Oh Canada Line!Another piece from the Globe, this time Ian Bailey’s evaluation of the Canada Line. (I include my own quotes because…
Bike StationsOn the opening weekend of the Canada Line, the Brighouse station was jammed … with bikes. But with nary a rack to be…
Inquiring Minds: More SkyTrain stations?Tessa, a regular PT reader, wonders: I’ve just been noticing recently how far apart stations on the skytrain system are…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner