Item from Ian: Race and Ride-hailingIan: So much for us not having ride-sharing in B.C. But in many ways, this suggests the pitfalls of any ‘sharing’…
Daily Scot: Motordom transformed by ride hailingFrom CBC: According to a study from RethinkX, an independent think-tank in San Francisco, greater demand for electric cars, coupled with…
.@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…
100,000 and counting We have been talking about the virtual and sharing economies and Vancouver hit a milestone today. In the parlance…
Item from Ian: "Government is losing control of its traffic"Ian found this in The Guardian: . “The freeway is only an ephemeral circumstance where all cars congregate together but the…
A Futurist Looks at Where Cars Are GoingFrom the New York Times: . Eric Larsen heads research in society and technology at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development in…
The Helsinki Plan: Transcending car ownership … and transitPeter Ladner is impressed. From The Guardian: Helsinki’s ambitious plan to make car ownership pointless in 10 years The Finnish…
Comments worth commenting on: Joe Sulmona on the predictable dangers of commercial ride-sharingUnfortunately, with lots of recent transportation debate on Commercial Ride-Sharing, the lack of attention to the underlying economic theories that…
Downsides and Dangers: Old-Economy Jobs, New-Economy GigsDavid, in a comment on this post – Taxi Crash – links to an article in Techcrunch by John Evans worthy of…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner