California has done it again.
The Governor and Legislature, though from opposing political parties, have agreed to a plan that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020. Not quite Kyoto, but nonetheless precedent-setting for the largest emitter in the U.S. and the world’s eighth-largest economy.
Even business leaders agree that the [...]
In a comment to “Car-less in Vancouver,” Seattle reader Patrick McGrath asks:
Are societal ills like those mentioned in the Sun articles (here and here) part of your calculus when you teach about increased density, nonmotorized transport, etc? If so, how do you address the intersection of your work with those issues?
A tough question, and one [...]
After seeing it for the first time, I have to agree with PBS’s Charlie Rose: this is one of the best interviews he’s ever done.
And he’s done over 30,000.
He interviewed James Watson (the discoverer of the structure of DNA ) and Harvard professor (emeritus) Edward O Wilson on Charles Darwin and his writings (they’ve each [...]
I first met Alan Durning, the executive director of what was then Northwest Environment Watch, in the mid-90s when he was writing “The Car and the City.” An enjoyable excursion around the West End turned into a chapter in this still-read book.
That meeting turned into a long-standing relationship. Northwest Environment Watch turned into the Sightline Institute, [...]
Here’s a revealing editorial from the Langley Times
Caught up in the congestion, Seattle experience shows advantage of rapid transit
By Frank Bucholtz
Aug 16 2006
On many occasions, I have stood up to support expansion of Highway 1 and the Port Mann Bridge.
I continue to do so. There is too much traffic now to delay any longer. [...]
Barrie is the driving force behind the Sculpture Biennale detailed in Price Tags 86 - http://www.pricetags.ca/pricetags/pricetags86.pdf (Click and take the tour.)
He’s just back from Northern Europe, with an interesting observation on Vancouver:
Just returned from Scandinavia, Baltics and Russia. Very impressed and surprised at how beautiful Stockholm, Helsinki, St Petersburg, Tallinn, Riga, etc are. Amazing parks, waterways, walking [...]
Disclosure: This is an idea taken directly from Andrew Sullivan’s blog, who asked his readers to send him pictures of what they see outside their windows. And the results are intriguing: windows into people’s lives as well as their circumstances.
Here’s a view from window of Stephen Rees, a Richmond, B.C. reader who also puts out [...]
Great vacation time in Montreal and Vermont.
For a perspective on public spaces in Montreal, check out the latest Price Tags - Issue 87 - which you can download on my web site (www.pricetags.ca) or click directly from here:
http://www.pricetags.ca/pricetags/pricetags87.pdf
Usually I have to wait for the next issue of PT to provide feedback. Now I can do [...]
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