I’ve been wondering for awhile whether, in the current housing meltdown in the U.S., location would make any difference on house prices and foreclosures. In particular, would the length of a commute now constitute a disadvantage great enough to overcome the “drive ’til you qualify” mortgage advantage of distant development?
Yup, apparently it would.
According to this piece on National [...]
I suppose there was a remote chance that Vancouver could have had North America’s first Paris-style bike sharing program (see Price Tags 101 for details). But now it looks like Washington, D.C. will be the pace-setter.
The New York Times has an article here.
Starting next month, people here will be able to rent a bicycle day [...]
Chris Leinberger - the Shifting Gears speaker at 7 pm on April 25 at the Segal Business School (Granville and Pender) - has penned an article for The Tyee.
The Vancouver metro area has taken huge steps in showing the U.S. a means by which to build a more sustainable future. The proposed investment in transit [...]
“Theoretically, we could see an Arctic that is ice-free in summer months a lot sooner than most people previously thought. Some people think that it could happen in five or six years.”
Putting that into perspective, David Barber, a University of Manitoba sea ice physicist, notes that the Arctic hasn’t been seasonally ice-free for at least the [...]
Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, wrote the best seven words to open an article on nutrition that I have ever read. Here.
Now he has written the best two words to open an article for Earth Day. Here.
Not good news.
Here’s an intriguing map, produced by Mike Kushnir, a UBC geography student with an even more intriguing blog - Twilight City.
It demonstrates, not surprisingly, the relationship between population density and rail service, including those areas where rail service is planned. What makes it even more useful: it has all the rail lines in the region clearly [...]
Signs of change are everywhere in Gastown and the Downtown East Side these days - most notably the Woodward’s tower, rising above it all. But the scaffolding has just dropped away from another development nearby, revealing what will undoubtedly be one of the heritage gems of the neighbourhood - the Flack Block.
This restoration and discreet [...]
John McCain, Republican candidate for President, would declare a gas tax holiday.
McCain launched a new campaign front by pandering talk of a summer-long holiday from the federal gasoline tax, which is just under 18.5 cents of the $3.40 or so cost of a gallon of gas. While the government is doing too little to confront [...]
Back to Whistler for a project just nearing the end of construction: the new rail station for the Whistler Mountaineer - now the only train service to the ski resort, and not exactly one designed for those on a budget.
Still, the new train station being built just a few blocks from Whistler Creekside is extraordinary:
It’s part [...]
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