From the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce:
We stand at a turning point for US transport. Real gasoline prices have already surpassed the peak levels that followed the second OPEC oil shocks, and even when adjusted for potential fuel efficiency improvements, have increased to the point where they will dramatically change driving behaviour in America.
Gasoline consumption is [...]
Though I doubt there are too many people reading this blog who aren’t familiar with the Gateway Project, it’s nonetheless worth clicking on this video by SFU Communications grad Ryan Longoz - a nine-minute summary of what you need to know.
Nice to see some coverage of Metro Vancouver’s forums - this one on transportation and the economy in Surrey last Wednesday. BC Local News took an us-versus-them approach:
So what happens when you have a panel of speakers, the bulk of whom hail from outside the area, who proceed to tell a Surrey audience that the expansion of [...]
The most encouraging comment in response to the Province’s $14-billion transit vision comes from the Mayor of Surrey, Diane Watts:
“Once we know (the transit projects) are coming, the municipalities can plan their land use and make sure the densities are supportive.”
And that’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? The destination, not the trip; what you [...]
Well, we’ll see.
Global TV’s Victoria reporter Keith Baldrey prepared the way for Gordon Campbell and Kevin Falcon’s “huge” announcement tomorrow morning (Jan 14) - the biggest infrastructure package in British Columbia’s history. Mainly, billions for transit, all over the province.
In the Lower Mainland:
The Evergreen Line, likely with a southerly route serving the Riverview development area.
SkyTrain extension into [...]
In today’s Guardian:
Ministers ordered to assess climate cost of all decisions.
Coal-fired power stations, airport expansions and new road schemes could all be put on hold following a decision by Gordon Brown that ministers must in future take account of the true economic cost of climate change damage.
Ministers have been instructed to factor into their [...]
The Livable Region Coalition isn’t the only west-coast group fighting for more sensible options to highway widening. Down in Santa Cruz, California, the Campaign for Sensible Transportation is offering alternatives - Plan C - to a widening of Highway 1. It could just as well apply to our Highway 1 as an alternative to the [...]
Independent film maker Damien Gillis has just released a mini-doc that exposes one of the weakest arguments of the provincial government’s Gateway Project - namely that we need to wait six years before bus service can be restored to the Port Mann Bridge.
Hear Eric Doherty and Stephen Rees of the Livable Region Coalition tell us how [...]
I spent all day yesterday at a Stakeholder Transportation Forum - part of the public consultation process for Transport 2040, to help shape TransLink’s 30-year strategy.
And lest your eyes glaze over and your brain turn numb when contemplating such a wonk-fest, be assured, this was one of the best such processes I’ve attended - certainly the best use [...]
My current column in Business in Vancouver:
Twenty buses in six years.
That was the extent of the commitment the Premier made as part of the Gateway project for service south of the Fraser. When the twinned Port Mann Bridge opens around 2013, there will be an express bus service running across it.
If you were a planner [...]
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