Streetcars — Toronto's Lessons For NYCToday’s New York Times discusses how that city is cranking up planning for a proposed streetcar line. They’ve hired Adam Giambrone,…
For Discussion: Building Freeways for a Better VancouverHere’s something to keep you commenting while I’m away, based on a response that Guest, PT’s best balloon-pricker, placed on this…
Disruptive Change: Yet another Old Boy threatened by youthful technologyThe theme today seems to be the disruptive effects on traditional systems, especially large monopoly-like organizations, of new technologies. Here’s…
Future Present: The History, Problems and Possibilities of the Canada LineKenneth Chan, in Vancity Buzz, asks a question we’ve all wondered about when standing on a crowded platform in the…
Netherlands Diary 12 – The Right Platform for RailOnce I had my transit chipcard (easily purchased at Schiphol airport after landing), I effectively had a debit card that gave…
For the transportation geek in us allThis is Antwerp, Belgium: . . The toy-like miniature effect is called tilt-shifting.…
Why do trolley buses require two wires?Okay, not the most pressing question on your agenda. But, nonethess, how come Vancouver’s trolleys need two parallel wires when…
Streetcars – The Missing LinkStreetcars: The Missing Link? brings together decisions makers, academics and community leaders to explore, discuss and debate the potential role…
Mind the GapMr. Human Transit, Jarrett Walker, is fast off the mark in commenting on TransLink’s options for the Broadway corridor, just…
Purifying the stream of cashYou may have already seen this op-ed ithat I wrote for the Sun. But if not … Backsliding aside, here are…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner